Expert set fonts questions

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From: Fredrik Nyman
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 02:01

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I'm wondering a little about how the expert set fonts work,
particularly with respect to ligatures.

Suppose you have a font that does not have ligatures, e.g.
vanilla Adobe Garamond.  Exactly what happens when I install
the "Expert Set" which *does* contain ligatures?  Is the
expert set a separate font as far as the NeXT is concerned,
or will the Adobe Garamond character set become "extended" with
the glyphs defined in the Expert Set font file?

Also, do all/most/some of the NeXT text processing support
ligatures?  Will, for example, WriteNow, WP and FrameMaker
print the /ffl glyph if it exists in the chosen character set,
or will they cop out and print the glyphs f, f, and l?

Thanks,
Fredrik

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