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		dubya on April 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Word now flags double spaces after a per... I thought the rule was that ligatures shouldn't cross syllable boundaries. Like the fi in "fine" can be replaced but not the fi in "barfing", so it would need to be a bit more than a lookup table. Or maybe a dictionary-sized lookup table isn't a problem anymore.

jefftk on April 26, 2020 [–]

I see https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50660/when-shoul... suggesting this, but I don't believe any fonts implement this.

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