Aldus-Guide-to-Basic-Design

Ligatures

Knowwhat they are, how to enable them,

and why.

Ligatures are a set of unique character combinations

designed to replace their unaltered typographic versions—

where the unaltered versions tend to exhibit ungraceful

character combinations.

Though ligatures are more commonly seen in serif

faces, their use in specific sans serif typefaces is equally

important.

Ligature information is embedded in the respective

font technology—it is enabled in the preference menus

or through the utilities palettes of page layout programs.

Ligatures OFF

Ligatures ON

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