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A ligature is a connection between two or more characters to improve legibility or for a
stylistic flourish. The linked sequences of characters then appear as a single glyph.
Ligatures, where they exist, are contained within the font file and can be displayed
according to the settings on the OPEN TYPE LIGATURES button on the InfoBar. The ligature
settings can be used in text styles just like other text attributes.
The various options are...

STANDARD Only the default set of ligatures provided by the font designer will be
displayed.

Ligatures off (left) and on (right)
DISCRETIONARY The discretionary ligatures are decorative - to be applied at the
discretion of the user.

HISTORICAL Historical ligatures are mainly ornamental suggesting a historical
context.

CONTEXTUAL The glyph applied depends not only on the actual characters replaced
but also on the context in which those characters appear. So the actual
ligature used for a given character combination may vary depending on
what characters precede and follow the combination that is replaced.

SELECT ALL All available ligatures for a particular font will be displayed.
CLEAR ALL No ligatures will be displayed.

You can choose which groups to turn on or off independently for any range of characters.
Select a character range in the TEXT TOOL and then click on the Ligatures button.