Re: font ligature problem

[David Kastrup]

Marc Hohl <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello list,
>
> how can I switch off the font ligature mechanism for
> \markups?
>
> I have \markup { \wordwrap { ... Aufführung ... } }
>
> and lilypond replaces the consecutive f's with a "ff" ligature,
> which I want to avoid, because ligatures are not used in this case
> (in German texts, it is).
>
> I tried
> \concat { Auf führung }
> and even
> \concat { Auf "" führung }
> but to no avail.
>
> I use the font "Goudy bookletter 1911 Italic" here, but I think
> this is not a font-specific problem.
>
> Any ideas?

U+200c zero width non-joiner.
Cut and paste the following "f‌f": it is two f characters with a ZWNJ
between them.

-- 
David Kastrup