Hi Tyler,
it was from apt package. Which version would you recommend? I need to
re-install anyway. I'm on Debian Linux, but I'm not a very skilled user.
Normally I install everything with apt-get install - only when I really
have to, I do (or try) otherwise.

Marco

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On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 7:45 PM Tyler Mitchell <fiss...@ldx.ca> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 03:29:00PM +0200, Marco Baumgartner wrote:
> > Although my font (otf) HAS ligatures (and show up if the font is
> > used on my system in other programs) - it doesn't show ANY
> > ligatures in lilypond... Can't make it work as of now.
> >
> > I'm using 2.18.2 on Debian Linux with Frescobaldi.
>
> Count me as one who says that ligatures are absolutely essential.
> (I couldn't say whether it's a bug in LilyPond or not, but I
> couldn't work without them.)
>
> I've had this problem on OS X (as it then was). I have both the
> official LilyPond binary installed in /Applications and a homebrew
> version (can't remember whether bottled or compiled) installed in
> /usr/local and one supports ligatures and one does not. (I'm away
> from home at the moment and don't have access to that computer, so
> I can't check which is which.)
>
> Where did you obtain the LilyPond install from -- was it from apt
> package or from the official distribution at lilypond.org?
>
> Best regards,
> Tyler
>
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