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Article #939Re: Are there any 'real' fonts available?
From: Diomidis Spinellis
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1989 13:36
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1989 13:36
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In article <HOLLAND.89Aug25144558@m2.csc.ti.com> holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander) writes: > >I'm curious. Even if the font supports ligatures, are there any >software packages that will recognize that a ligature should be used? >Or do you have to specifically type (using some option-shift modifier) >the ligature in place of the letter combination? Ditroff supports ligatures: miranda6% echo affluent | ditroff | psdit | tail % Postscript output for the first page; % (Prologue ommited) %%Page: 1 1 10 s 10 xH 0 xS 1 f 576 96(af\257uent)N % affluent % ---- (The fl ligature for Times-Roman) 1 p %%Trailer >-Fred Diomidis -- Diomidis Spinellis European Computer-Industry Research Centre (ECRC) Arabellastrasse 17, D-8000 Muenchen 81, West Germany +49 (89) 92699199 USA: diomidis%ecrcvax.uucp@pyramid.pyramid.com ...!pyramid!ecrcvax!diomidis Europe: diomidis@ecrcvax.uucp ...!unido!ecrcvax!diomidis
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!ecrcvax!diomidis From: diomidis@ecrcvax.UUCP (Diomidis Spinellis) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Are there any 'real' fonts available? Summary: Ditroff supports ligatures Keywords: ligatures ditroff Message-ID: <761@ecrcvax.UUCP> Date: 28 Aug 89 13:36:38 GMT References: <HOLLAND.89Aug25144558@m2.csc.ti.com> Reply-To: diomidis@ecrcvax.UUCP (Diomidis Spinellis) Organization: ECRC, Munich 81, West Germany Lines: 26