Re: China: Government Starts Phasing Out American Processors, Operating Systems on Government Computers

Kees Nuyt  <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> wrote:

On 30 Mar 2024 18:36:47 -0300, Mike Spencer
<mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
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I understand the reasoning behind the existence of the
f-ligatures but not st, less so why it would be used in
an electronic doc.

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Wild guess: if there are also 'nd', 'rd' and 'th' ligatures, it
is probably meant for constructs like
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ... etc.
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Also, some of the ligatures could be used for "kerning".
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_(writing)>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning>

On the linotype kerning isn't handled by a separate type mold like
ligatures are, but there is a lever that you pull to enable it to
squish molds together.  I don't know how it works inside the mechanism.

With handset type it varies depending on the font.
--scott
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