[Scribus] Ligatures and "Expert Fonts" again

frank gaude' tanzen
Thu Sep 22 00:32:52 CEST 2005


John Jordan wrote:

>On 21 Sep 2005, at 17:09, Louis Desjardins wrote:
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>
>>As a footnote, I'd like to add that Quark has never had an elegant way
>>to achieve this either. The only efficient way that I know to work
>>with Expert fonts was to use an XTension (that is not supported
>>anymore) running with version 4.x and below. (Something like a super
>>search & replace dialog.)
>>    
>>
>
>The absolute best way to do this, given the state of today's 
>computers and software, is the way Adobe implemented it in 
>InDesign.
>

I fully concur, John. The situation has been thought-out as the "best 
way" by Adobe. I can see no better way myself, and I've been in the type 
and graphic design business since the '70s. Went digital in 1984. <smile>

Frank






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