TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on Sat Jul 20 14:10:25 EDT 2024
FONT RECOGNITION VIA FONT MOOSE
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Ligatures in OpenType
In a discussion on ligatures, Sii Daniels stated: [..] use InDesign and better fonts (OpenType) where the ligs should get placed automatically for you. The implication that OpenType fonts are somehow supposed to be "better" triggered this reply from me. Fonts are inert objects. Ligatures are placed by applications that use fonts. The only responsibility of a font is to store enough information so that applications can work with ligatures. Type 1 and truetype fonts can both store ligatures. In the AFM files of type 1 fonts, one can store additional information that may help applications with automatic ligature subsitution and placement of ligatures on the page. The famous GPOS and GSUB tables in OpenType can be introduced in truetype fonts as wellthere is nothing that ties these tables umbilically to OpenType. So, how exactly are OpenType fonts better? |
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