![]() ![]() The number of instances where one could justify not using them (crossing morpheme boundaries) is really small. And let's face it, it's kind of shibboleth for good typography. In other words, using a ligature in one spot leads the reader to assume you are combining the morphemes into one which can lead to a different meaning than had you not used the ligature. In German you can have the same composite word with multiple meanings that are dependent upon how you conceptualize the morphemes. In German (and presumably other related languages) it is a bigger deal. In English it's typically not that big of a deal. Goofball and selfish do contain two morphemes and the and ligatures would cross that boundary. Waffle would not be an example as it is one morpheme. The idea is that one might want to avoid ligatures that cross morpheme boundaries. See English examples as well: waffle, goofball, selfish ![]() I'm not sure about your example of a "wrong ligature" because I don't see them as a linguistic feature (like, say the Dutch IJ digraph or the flown dot in Catalan) meant to correspond directly to how a word is read. They can make a text look overwrought and absolutely need finesse to set properly. Well-designed ligatures do not make letters squashed, and are designed exactly to maintain the proportions of the original type while resolving collisions in an elegant way.ĭiscretionary ligatures (like st, ct, Th pairs) should absolutely be used with, well, discretion. See English examples as well: waffle, goofball, selfish – I'd use ligatures in all the letter groups that require them regardless of their pronunciation or etymology. The opposite is properly kerned, but un-ligatured, colliding glyphs – my local paper, for some unknown reason, refuses to use ligatures and the headlines often have overlapping "f"s and "l"s and colliding ball terminals of the "f"s and the tittle of the "i"s and it is ugly as sin. Un-ligatured pairs can be pretty noticeable in relatively wide-set and/or more tightly-tracked text – especially fi and fl pairs because the kerning is so janky between those letters that they tend to stand out a lot. They ensure that the kerning and colour is consistent across the entire text and I think are vital to a well-set text. There needs to be a distinction made between standard and discretionary ligatures – standard ligatures resolve weird letter collisions like ffl, fb, etc letter groups. ![]() Association Typographique InternationaleĪlright I'll bite.Handwriting – among other techniques – cannot. Glyphs: The symbols in a typeface that represent characters like A, ! or 5.Type: Printed or digitally reproduced glyphs.Typesetting: The act of arranging physical or digital type.Typography: The art and technique of arranging physical or digital type.Rule of thumb: If your submission is about Comic Sans MS misuse, bad keming or a funny typo, it’s likely better not to post it.ĭo not use URL shorteners. Only exception: It’s educational and non-obvious. No memes, image macros and similar submissions.No lettering, calligraphy, handwriting, graffiti, illustrations. ![]()
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