> From: Khaled Hosny <dr.khaled.ho...@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 20:40:44 +0200
> Cc: harfbuzz@lists.freedesktop.org
> 
> Sending “ffi” alone is an arbitrary decision. The font might have kerning 
> between “ffi” and what comes before and after it, but you won’t get it. The 
> font might not hav a ligature for “ffi” at all, but using kerning instead, so 
> you will get kerning between “ffi” glyphs and not other glyphs which is 
> arbitrary. It might be a cursive font that changes glyph shapes based on 
> surrounding glyphs, and you will get that for “ffi” and not elsewhere which 
> is arbitrary.
> 
> That is just plain wrong, there is no way around it.

OK, thanks.
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