[Scribus] ligatures in Scribus

Janusz Prendota afila
Wed May 25 10:06:09 CEST 2005


Dnia wtorek, 24 maja 2005 18:16, Peter Nermander napisa?:
> > It should be reversible. I have to see the diferrences betwen designs and
> > after seeing deciding what is best.
>
> Yes, use of ligatures or not is not a matter of replacing characters in the
> text, it's a matter of choosing glyph for "rendering".
>
> In my opinion the characters present in the text should NOT change.
> (Because then you can not copy the text and paste it into a text editor or
> similar.)
>
> If I have the letter "ff" in the text they shall remain there, but if the
> font has an ff-ligature they should be visually presented using that
> ligature.
Yes, this is the point! And my design needs reflects my decisions:
Will I switch on the font (with ligatures) or maybe take different approach...
Janusz 




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