Ligatures in TROFF

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From: Henry McGilton--Software Product...
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 1990 00:09

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Fellow troff users.  I'm using DWB 2.0 titroff, and for various
reasons (one being that TranScript doesn't support the three
character ligatures), I just turned them off for this project
I'm doing.  The results, to say the least, are amazing.  A
six-line paragraph containing only one `fi' ligature is packed
much tighter, and better in my opinion, than when I had them
turned on.

Anybody out there have any knowledge of the state of
support in this area?  Are there, dare we say it, bugs?
Bugs in titroff?  I must be dreaming.

    Thanks in Advance,

	.........  Henry
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From: henry@angel.Sun.COM (Henry McGilton--Software Products)
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Subject: Ligatures in TROFF
Keywords: ligatures, troff, amazing
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Date: 5 Mar 90 00:09:41 GMT
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