If you want to really get sucked in and obsessed, check our Robert
Bringhurst's book, Elements of Typographic Style.
Virgil
On 10/23/2020 12:00 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Virgil Arrington wrote:
For what it's worth, Palatino was designed in such a way that it doesn't
need "f" ligatures. Ligatures are used because the "f" clashes with the
next letter. When Hermann Zapf designed Palatino, he designed the "f" in
such a way that it doesn't clash into following letters; hence the "f"
ligature isn't needed. This appears to be true as well of the various
Palatino clones out there, such as Tex Gyre Pagella, URW Palladio, Book
Antiqua, etc.
Virgil,
Thanks for the typography lesson. I read a couple of books on typography
about 25 years ago when I started using LaTeX/LyX for writing that leaves
the office. Palatino is my default typeface and I never noticed the
lack of
"f" ligatures, only how attractive and easy to read it is.
Stay well,
Rich
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