At 09:42 -0600 2002-05-31, John H. Jenkins wrote:

>Again, think of the standard f-ligatures.  I'm seeing them through 
>this email.  I type "fish," and I see an fi ligature.  *You* type 
>"fish" and I see an fi ligature.  It's because my system is smart 
>enough to know that the fi ligature is standard in Latin typography, 
>that it's present in my font, and that my font is one where "fi" 
>looks better written with the ligature than it would without it.

And smart enough to know you are not writing Turkish, where the fi 
ligature is forbidden.
-- 
Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com

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