[XeTeX] How to use ligatures for TTF fonts?

[Mi CHEN]

Hi, JK

How to customize the tex-text mapping? Thanks!

Though I always turned this option on while using fontspec, but I'v no idea
how to use a customized version...

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Jonathan Kew <jonathan at jfkew.plus.com>wrote:

> On 30 Jan 2009, at 18:41, Mi CHEN wrote:
>
> > Hi, JK
> >
> > Thanks for your quick reply! Actually I'm using Fedora Core 10 and
> > TeXlive2008, and the font of Times New Roman comes from Windows XP
> > system. I will try the OTF version which shipped with Windows Vista
> > later.
>
> I was wrong: it won't work, as explained by Adam. (Besides the
> licensing issues involved.....)
>
> I'd recommend choosing a different font. But if you really want TNR
> with its "fi" and "fl", you could use a customized version of the tex-
> text mapping with added rules for the f+i and f+l sequences (the
> ligatures should be encoded at U+FB01 and FB02, I expect).
>
> JK
>
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Regards,
Mi
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