Recent changes to 59: Moving the ƕ hwair ligature from dlig into another feature

#59 Moving the ƕ hwair ligature from dlig into another feature

Peter Baker — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:26:10 -0000

I mean I'll remove the OpenType lookup, not the hwair itself!

#59 Moving the ƕ hwair ligature from dlig into another feature

Kasper Sundström — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:19:05 -0000

I see. Very well, thank you very much!

#59 Moving the ƕ hwair ligature from dlig into another feature

Peter Baker — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:16:20 -0000

Well, that is very weird. I have no idea why I put that ligature in dlig. There should be no ligature for hwair at all, in my (present) judgment. I'll remove it.

#59 Moving the ƕ hwair ligature from dlig into another feature

Kasper Sundström — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:50:00 -0000

Alternatively, if appropriate, the general typographic ligatures (such as ct, st, tr, and tt) could perhaps be moved out of dlig and into another ligature (or another feature) category?

#59 Moving the ƕ hwair ligature from dlig into another feature

Kasper Sundström — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 15:20:19 -0000

Alternatively, if OpenType permits it, it could perhaps remain in dlig, but be switched off via a stylistic set?

Moving the ƕ hwair ligature from dlig into another feature

Kasper Sundström — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 15:11:43 -0000

First of all, since I am new here: thank you, sir, for this font! It has been my absolute favourite for use with XeLaTeX for many, many years now!

My issue is this: I have noticed that the Junicode OpenType rare/discretionary ligature feature (dlig), while mostly containing general "language-independent" typographic ligatures, such as ct, st, tr, and tt (in addition to the special cases Roman numerals and circled characters), also changes the letter combination hv into the ƕ hwair ligature, which I learn is used specifically and exclusively for modern transliteration of Gothic. It seems reasonable to want to switch on the former rare but "general" ligatures, without switching on a ligature which ought not to be used outside the very specific context of Gothic transliteration (the letter combination hv is quite prevalent e.g. my first language Swedish, in particular with older spelling). Hence, I would like to humbly request the ƕ hwair ligature be moved from dlig into another feature.