Re: kerning/ligatures in opentype fonts

[Simon Bailey]

Hi,

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> the ligature is obviously there in my copy of the font.
>
> You are aware that `Aufführung' *without* an `ff' ligature is the
> correct way to write this word in German?  `Auf' is a prefix, and as
> such it should not have a ligature with the rest of the word.  A
> famous example of a similar situation is the word `Dorfladen' (a small
> shop in a village), where an `fl' ligature gives very strange
> connotations (Fladen = cow dung).  Ditto for the word `Auflage': With
> a ligature, it looks like a French word...
>
> In other words, you should insert a U+200C `ZWNJ' (zero width
> no-joiner) character between the two `f' characters.

hmm. I wasn't actually aware of that. But it makes sense. ;)

However, as Urs also mentioned, I still have the problem for other
words, such as "difference", "first repetition" or "left hand" (which
do deserve a ligature). However, these words are not in titles, so
it's not as obvious.

The fonts I am using have the ligatures, as they are shown in other
programs. Any ideas how to ask lilypond to use them?

regards,
sb
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