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Old 08-15-2017, 01:09 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
As in if you had, to pick a random example, the word "flight", with the "f" as a drop cap (or a raised cap) and the "l" as a normal letter, one would hope that the rendering engine would have the sense not to try to substitute the "fl" ligature for the letters "f" and "l".
Oh, I think you can be fairly sure that ...well, no. I oughtn't say that, but I'd be very, very surprised if any rendering engine did that, because, as you rightly pointed out, they have different CSS. The BFL/RI/DC will have a span on it, with a character style, or whatever you want to call it.

BUT, two virgin letters? Hansel and Gretel, out there, unprotected? Oh, yeah. They'll get snapped up in a ligature cottage and baked, you betcha.

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