[XeTeX] Absence of ligatures

Khaled Hosny khaledhosny at eglug.org
Wed Jun 9 19:20:13 CEST 2010


On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 12:23:17PM -0400, Fr. Michael Gilmary wrote:
> 
> 
> >I have just noticed that the "fi" and "fl" ligatures are not
> >created. To be more precise: if I compile this document:
> >
> >\documentclass{article}
> >\pagestyle{empty}
> >\usepackage{xltxtra}
> >\begin{document}
> >\Huge
> >\fontspec{DTLUnicoST}
> >fi fl
> >\end{document}
> >
> >I don't get the ligatures that I should get. Am I doing something
> >wrong? Or could it be a flaw within the fonts that I am using?
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Jose:
> 
> Try setting the main font in the preamble with the option
> [Mapping=tex=text]:
> 
> 
> \setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{DTLUnicoST}

tex-text mapping has nothing to do with f ligatures.

-- 
 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
 Free font developer


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