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duaneb
on June 22, 2012
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Symbolset - symbol font using clever opentype liga...
Zapfino is actually much more complex than what this is doing. Zapfino has glyph variants - that is, it can display the same set of glyphs multiple ways. Ligatures just combine specific successive glyphs into a new glyph.
chc
on June 22, 2012
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Yes, but the word "Zapfino" in Zapfino is one long ligature. That's what the GP was talking about.
duaneb
on June 22, 2012
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I understood that - I wanted to dispel the idea of anything more complex than a ligature.
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