Re: Scripts

On Sun, 2002-07-07 at 19:17, Christian Thalmann wrote:
> --- In conlang@y..., Tim May <butsuri@B...> wrote:
>
> > Now this is interesting.  Why are there two different thorns here?  Is
> > Tristan's even a thorn at all?  And how do these show up on Macs?
> >
> > þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ þ Þ
>
> Those show up as fl-ligature and fi-ligature respectively.  I have
> no idea why anyone would have a use for such ligatures in the first
> place.
Compare fi with fi-ligature in Times, especially an italicised version.
You'll notice that the ligated one looks so much nicer (at least in
print, your screen's DPI resolution may well not be high enough for it
to be that noticeable). (The difference between fl and fl-ligature is
less, but still there.)

Tristan.