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Ligatures

Know what they are, how to enable them, and why.

Ligatures are a set of unique character combinations designed to replace their unaltered typographic versions— where the unaltered versions tend to exhibit ungraceful character combinations. Though ligatures are more commonly seen in serif faces, their use in specific sans serif typefaces is equally important. Ligature information is embedded in the respective font technology—it is enabled in the preference menus or through the utilities palettes of page layout programs.

Ligatures OFF

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