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To apply ligatures to selected text using the legacy method, check Enable Ligatures on
the Character tab of the Measurements palette (Window menu) or check Ligatures in
the Character Attributes dialog box (Style > Character).
To apply ligatures to selected text using the OpenType method, select text that uses an
OpenType and then choose Standard Ligatures from the OpenType menu on the Classic
or Character tab of the Measurements palette (Window menu). This will apply ligatures
such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, ffl, fj, ffj, and th if they are built into the font. In addition, you can
choose Discretionary Ligatures to apply rare ligatures such as ct, sp, st, and fh. If either
ligature option displays in brackets, the OpenType font in use does not support those
ligature features. You can also check Standard Ligatures and Discretionary Ligatures in
the OpenType area of the Character Attributes dialog box.
Ligature preferences
You can set preferences for ligatures in the Character pane of the Preferences dialog box
(QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences > Print Layout > Character):
Break Above: The value in the field specifies a tracking or kerning value above which
ligatures will break apart. At the default value of 1, if you track text +1 (1/200th of an em
space), the ligatures revert to standard letters.
Not "ffi" or "ffl": Check this box to prevent fi and fl ligatures in words such as "office" or
"waffle" when ffi and ffl ligatures do not exist in the current font.
Working with the Glyphs palette
A glyph is the smallest unit of a font each uppercase letter, for example, consists of its
own glyph. To access all the glyphs in a font especially an OpenType font that may
include approximately 65,000 glyphs you need to view a complete character map. You
can access such a character map in the Glyphs palette (Window menu), which enables
you to view all the glyphs in the selected font, view bold or italic glyphs, double-click a
glyph to insert that glyph in text, and save favorite glyphs for easy access.
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