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Psymon · 01-15-2019, 09:09 PM

If perchance you're curious to actually see what/where it was that I wanted to turn ligs off (and why), it was for this book of mine...

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3419678

I just uploaded a newly-revised version of it -- at least, the "revision" is that I spent these last few years learning type design, and now my book has my own fonts (5 of 'em!) used in it.

It's right in the main title that I wanted to turn off ligs, so that the long-"s" + "t" doesn't turn into the ligature for that. My code for that heading (with my tiny space kludge) is this...

Code:

<h1 class="large red sigil_not_in_toc" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom: 0.14em; line-height:100%;"><i>&nbsp;Laſ<span style="font-size:0.000001em; line-height:10%;"> </span>t Folio.</i></h1>

You don't even have to trouble yourself to download the book if you want to see how that looks -- in the screenshots I provided in the post, one is of the title page, where you'll see in the main title, where it says "Laſt Folio," the long-"s" + "t" does NOT come out as a lig (as it otherwise would).

Wish I could just turn the ligs off temporarily in some easy way -- but oh well, perhaps the solution I came up with will help someone else out somehow, too.

01-15-2019, 09:09 PM	#6
Psymon Chief Bohemian Misfit Posts: 571 Karma: 462964 Join Date: May 2013 Device: iPad, ADE	If perchance you're curious to actually see what/where it was that I wanted to turn ligs off (and why), it was for this book of mine... https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3419678 I just uploaded a newly-revised version of it -- at least, the "revision" is that I spent these last few years learning type design, and now my book has my own fonts (5 of 'em!) used in it. It's right in the main title that I wanted to turn off ligs, so that the long-"s" + "t" doesn't turn into the ligature for that. My code for that heading (with my tiny space kludge) is this... Code: <h1 class="large red sigil_not_in_toc" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom: 0.14em; line-height:100%;"><i> Laſ<span style="font-size:0.000001em; line-height:10%;"> </span>t Folio.</i></h1> You don't even have to trouble yourself to download the book if you want to see how that looks -- in the screenshots I provided in the post, one is of the title page, where you'll see in the main title, where it says "Laſt Folio," the long-"s" + "t" does NOT come out as a lig (as it otherwise would). Wish I could just turn the ligs off temporarily in some easy way -- but oh well, perhaps the solution I came up with will help someone else out somehow, too.