From: "Jan U. Hasecke" <juh+ntg-context@mailbox.org>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Ligatures in EB Garamond
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:46:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <569CDEB5.7050607@mailbox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <569CB9BC.6000805@wxs.nl>
Am 18.01.2016 um 11:09 schrieb Hans Hagen:
> On 1/18/2016 10:16 AM, Jan U. Hasecke wrote:
>> Am 17.01.2016 um 20:05 schrieb Hans Hagen:
>>> On 1/16/2016 3:58 PM, Jan U. Hasecke wrote:
>>>> Am 16.01.2016 um 13:31 schrieb Schmitz Thomas A.:
>>>>>
>>>>> Please provide a minimal example of your problem. It’s impossible to
>>>>> help when we have no clue what you’re doing.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, of course.
>>>>
>>>> After setting up a mwe I found that it is a font related issue.
>>>>
>>>> When I don't specify a font, it works. --> example.tex
>>>>
>>>> When I choose EB Garamond, it does not work. -- example-Garamond.tex
>>>>
>>>> I confirmed this behaviour in my real setup.
>>>
>>> don't assume that ligatures are always real ligatures ... in that font
>>> it's just kerning .. this kind of works okay:
>>>
>>> \replaceword[sellig][auflösen][auf{-}{}{\zwnj}lösen]
>>
>> I am confused as the specimen of EB Garamond mentions (real) ligatures.
>> They are listed as glyphs.
>>
>> https://github.com/georgd/EB-Garamond/blob/master/specimen/Specimen.pdf
>
> maybe the archaic st ligature is a precomposed but f f l i aren't done
> that way but by either kerning or replacement of individual glyphs +
> kerning (there are many methods for this) ... also, 'liga' might mean
> ligature but in practice is used for all kind of things ... in opentype
> 'ligature substitution' is just a many-to-one replacement but that
> doesn't mean that 'liga' uses that ... welcome to the inconsistent open
> type mess
>
Mh, yes. :-(
Two additional questions. Shall I file a bugreport for this issue? What
would be the right words: please provide real ligature glyphs instead of
composed ones?
EB Garamond is a free font also in the sense free of charge. But what
can I expect when I buy a commercial font? I would be quite annoyed when
I buy a font which does not provide the features in a way that I can use
them in ConTeXt.
Is there a font quality page on the Wiki with a feature comparison?
juh
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-16 11:24 \replaceword and \setreplacements with xml files Jan U. Hasecke
2016-01-16 12:31 ` Schmitz Thomas A.
2016-01-16 14:58 ` Jan U. Hasecke
2016-01-17 19:05 ` Hans Hagen
2016-01-18 6:31 ` Jan U. Hasecke
2016-01-18 10:12 ` Hans Hagen
2016-01-18 9:16 ` Ligatures in EB Garamond (was: \replaceword and \setreplacements with xml files) Jan U. Hasecke
2016-01-18 10:09 ` Ligatures in EB Garamond Hans Hagen
2016-01-18 12:46 ` Jan U. Hasecke [this message]
2016-01-18 19:22 ` Hans Hagen
[not found] <mailman.9.1453133650.2231.ntg-context@ntg.nl>
2016-01-18 22:38 ` Georg Duffner
2016-01-19 7:13 ` Jan U. Hasecke
2016-01-19 8:57 ` Hans Hagen
2016-01-19 9:05 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2016-01-19 15:31 ` Kate F
2016-01-19 15:43 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2016-01-19 16:41 ` Jan U. Hasecke
2016-01-19 18:23 ` Hans Hagen
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