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Old 02-27-2010, 03:40 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
I do believe that the source eBooks should never use ligatures. Ligatures should be added by the rendering engine as one method among others to improve character tracking. EBooks should be sources and not attempt to force rendering, fix tracking, etc.
"oe" and "ae" ligatures are present in pretty much every font, and are extremely common in British English, although both have been very largely replaced with a simple "e" in US English (with the interesting exception of the word "phoenix", although I note that there is a place called "Phenix City" in Alabama).
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