* Dumb question about ligatures
@ 2021-09-21 1:47 Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
2021-10-01 22:35 ` Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
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From: Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context @ 2021-09-21 1:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I'm using a TTF file that has no ligature capability as a built-in feature. It does however have glyphs for fi and fl but ConTeXt isn't substituting them.
So the question is: what do I need to do to persuade ConTeXt to do fi & fl ligature substitution?
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* Re: Dumb question about ligatures
2021-09-21 1:47 Dumb question about ligatures Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
@ 2021-10-01 22:35 ` Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
2021-10-01 23:46 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
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From: Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context @ 2021-10-01 22:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 21 Sep 2021, at 02:47, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
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> I'm using a TTF file that has no ligature capability as a built-in feature. It does however have glyphs for fi and fl but ConTeXt isn't substituting them.
>
> So the question is: what do I need to do to persuade ConTeXt to do fi & fl ligature substitution?
Any suggestions please? Is a font features file the 'right' way? I would have thought that there was a more traditional solution
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* Re: Dumb question about ligatures
2021-10-01 22:35 ` Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
@ 2021-10-01 23:46 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2021-10-02 23:34 ` Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
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From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context @ 2021-10-01 23:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 10/2/2021 12:35 AM, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context wrote:
> On 21 Sep 2021, at 02:47, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>>
>> I'm using a TTF file that has no ligature capability as a built-in feature. It does however have glyphs for fi and fl but ConTeXt isn't substituting them.
>>
>> So the question is: what do I need to do to persuade ConTeXt to do fi & fl ligature substitution?
>
> Any suggestions please? Is a font features file the 'right' way? I would have thought that there was a more traditional solution
you can write your own feature (examplex in test suite and manuals)
where you map f + f onto ff
Hans
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* Re: Dumb question about ligatures
2021-10-01 23:46 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
@ 2021-10-02 23:34 ` Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
2021-10-03 9:33 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
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From: Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context @ 2021-10-02 23:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 2 Oct 2021, at 00:46, Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl> wrote:
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> On 10/2/2021 12:35 AM, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context wrote:
>> On 21 Sep 2021, at 02:47, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm using a TTF file that has no ligature capability as a built-in feature. It does however have glyphs for fi and fl but ConTeXt isn't substituting them.
>>>
>>> So the question is: what do I need to do to persuade ConTeXt to do fi & fl ligature substitution?
>> Any suggestions please? Is a font features file the 'right' way? I would have thought that there was a more traditional solution
> you can write your own feature (examplex in test suite and manuals) where you map f + f onto ff
Thanks Hans - I keep forgetting about the test suite.
For the benefit of those coming here via the mail archive, I found what I needed in the cont-tst.zip test suite in the file fonts/extensions-001.tex
<http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/latest/cont-tst.zip>
Now my problem is that the font only has ligatures for fi and fl which is making my life di-ffi-cult. <groan>
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* Re: Dumb question about ligatures
2021-10-02 23:34 ` Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
@ 2021-10-03 9:33 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
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From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context @ 2021-10-03 9:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 10/3/2021 1:34 AM, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context wrote:
> On 2 Oct 2021, at 00:46, Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/2/2021 12:35 AM, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context wrote:
>>> On 21 Sep 2021, at 02:47, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm using a TTF file that has no ligature capability as a built-in feature. It does however have glyphs for fi and fl but ConTeXt isn't substituting them.
>>>>
>>>> So the question is: what do I need to do to persuade ConTeXt to do fi & fl ligature substitution?
>>> Any suggestions please? Is a font features file the 'right' way? I would have thought that there was a more traditional solution
>> you can write your own feature (examplex in test suite and manuals) where you map f + f onto ff
>
> Thanks Hans - I keep forgetting about the test suite.
>
> For the benefit of those coming here via the mail archive, I found what I needed in the cont-tst.zip test suite in the file fonts/extensions-001.tex
> <http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/latest/cont-tst.zip>
>
> Now my problem is that the font only has ligatures for fi and fl which is making my life di-ffi-cult. <groan>
Then forget abnout the ligatures ... these two were probably only added
because of 'habbit'. Most people won't notice.
Hans
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