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Re: [Groff] using Linux Libertine with groff
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Dave Kemper |
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Re: [Groff] using Linux Libertine with groff |
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Mon, 11 Nov 2013 04:02:21 -0600 |
>> It should be fairly straightforward to add new hard-coded ligatures
>> to the groff source, and to afmtodit.
>
> Well, the concept of ligatures in the today's font world is much more
> complex than 30 years ago, so extending hard-coded values is a no-go
> IMHO.
I agree, in principle. My thinking was that adding new hard-coded values
is something that could be hacked in with minimal effort to someone
familiar with the code, whereas making groff rethink its entire concept
of ligatures is a much more substantial change.