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- linearch
what are the special faces called in certain families that connect certain characters like "ti" and "ff"?
thanks in advance....
- Randd0
ligatures
- Cultr0
ligatures
- linearch0
thx doods.
- linearch0
does anyone have a good suggestion of a family that has a "ti" connected in the ligatures? i thought caslon was what i was looking for but does not have it.....actually is it a universal set of characters that get connected in the special families....meaning are there only certain combos of characters in every family or does it vary which characters are combo-ed btw famlies? does that question make sense?
- ian0
Its only certain combos, those letters that when placed side by side, may overlap or look a little awkward usually with ascenders and dots clashing. Usual pairs are ff, fi, fl, st, sp, it, fj etc
- fodcj0
This font may be what you mean:
- ian0
Mrs Eaves has some good examples of ligatures, might spark some ideas: http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid…
- vrmbr0
ligatures, use "open type" features in the options dialogue in PS and AI.