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Jellby · 11-03-2013, 01:08 PM

Did you try adding something like this to the css (from the link I gave above)?

Code:

.olde {
    -moz-font-feature-settings: "hist=1, liga=1, dlig=1";
    -ms-font-feature-settings: "hist", "liga", "dlig";
    -webkit-font-feature-settings: "hist", "liga", "dlig";
    -o-font-feature-settings: "hist", "liga", "dlig";
    font-feature-settings: "hist", "liga", "dlig";
}

The order of "hist", "liga", "dlig" may be important (it was for Prince), so try different permutations. All these properties may be overkill anyway, "font-feature-settings" would be the one to choose for the future, and iBooks could use "-webkit-font-feature-settings", the others are unlikely to be used by any reader.

I wouldn't be surprised if ADE (and derivates) did not offer any way to access these OpenType features. But, as I said, the text would still be readable, searchable and have an old look... and would be automatically upgraded whenever Adobe decides to write a decent reader.

In any case, if I'm right with my assumption above that writing an explicit long-s in your input would unleash all its ligatures with no further action on your part, that's not an entirely bad option.

11-03-2013, 01:08 PM	#73
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,560 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Did you try adding something like this to the css (from the link I gave above)? Code: .olde { -moz-font-feature-settings: "hist=1, liga=1, dlig=1"; -ms-font-feature-settings: "hist", "liga", "dlig"; -webkit-font-feature-settings: "hist", "liga", "dlig"; -o-font-feature-settings: "hist", "liga", "dlig"; font-feature-settings: "hist", "liga", "dlig"; } The order of "hist", "liga", "dlig" may be important (it was for Prince), so try different permutations. All these properties may be overkill anyway, "font-feature-settings" would be the one to choose for the future, and iBooks could use "-webkit-font-feature-settings", the others are unlikely to be used by any reader. I wouldn't be surprised if ADE (and derivates) did not offer any way to access these OpenType features. But, as I said, the text would still be readable, searchable and have an old look... and would be automatically upgraded whenever Adobe decides to write a decent reader. In any case, if I'm right with my assumption above that writing an explicit long-s in your input would unleash all its ligatures with no further action on your part, that's not an entirely bad option.