I agree, this solution does seem cleaner to me.  Thanks!

On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 1:23 PM Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es> wrote:

> On 12/2/20 6:56 PM, T. Kurt Bond wrote:
> > Ah, ok.
> >
> > Here is a minimal NONWORKING example: the resulting PDF shows the ct and
> > st ligatures.  What commands should I use to turn them off?
>
> Hi Kurt,
>
> here you have the sample that should work:
>
>   %~ \definefontfamily[ebgaramond] [rm] [ebgaramond]
>
>     %~ [features={default,dlig=no}]
>
>   \definefontfeature[english][dlig=no]
>
>   \definefontfamily[ebgaramond] [rm] [EB Garamond]
>
>     [features={default,english}]
>
>   \setupbodyfont[ebgaramond,10pt]
>
>   \starttext
>
>   ct st
>
>   \stoptext
>
> BTW, on my system the default doesn’t get discretionary ligatures.
>
> Your sample didn’t work because the identifier for \definefontfamily
> (english) was different from the one used in \setupbodyfont. (If they
> don’t match, it cannot work.)
>
> Another cleaner approach is to define font features to invoke them in
> \definefontfamily. This method seems cleaner to me.
>
> I hope it helps,
>
> Pablo
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