[PDF] fontspec ligatures

What is ligaturing in fonts?

Ligaturing is a behavior encoded in fonts: if a modern font is asked to display “h” followed by “r”, and the font has an “hr” ligature in it, it can display the ligature. Some fonts have no ligatures, while others (especially fonts for non-Latin scripts) have hundreds of ligatures.

Which coding font has ligatures?

Fira Code is one of the most popular coding fonts with ligatures. It is so popular that many use Fira Code’s ligature to add to other programming fonts that don’t have coding ligatures. Fira Code also does not have any italics. To Wrap Up... Both Victor Mono and JetBrains mono are coding fonts with ligature and true italic features.

What are glyphs & font ligatures?

The Glyphs palette ( Type > Glyphs) contains both alphabetic and numeric alternates in addition to accented characters seen across various languages. Specific fonts include font alternates, providing different variations of the same letter, along with font ligatures. Ligatures occur when two or more characters form to become one single glyph.

What is fontspec command?

These are the main font-selecting commands of this package. The fontspec command selects a font for one-time use; all others should be used to define the standard fonts used in a document, as shown in Example 1. The mentioned Example 1 does not really clarify much.