--- Hubert Figuiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to Pierre Abbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wednesday 24 April 2002 12:00, Patrick Lam > wrote: > > > Why do we want a pref? Under what circumstances > would > > > someone want ligatures off? > > > > When typing monospace. I've seen a computer book > in which "fi" was written as > > a ligature, even in Courier, with the result that > things that were supposed > > to align vertically didn't. > > Perhaps could we be smarter that that, no ? > Monospace fonts are easy > to detect :-)
A decent monospace font would either not support the "fi" ligature or it would fit into a single space. Assuming all monospace fonts are broken would not be a good idea. Andrew Dunbar. > Hub ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
