Wolf’s Little Store

December 16, 2008

Discretionary ligatures

I don’t get why anyone would use discretionary ligatures. It seems to me that it’s more of a way of saying “O HAI, I KNOW TYPOGRAPHY” than anything else. I guess if you’re setting an archaic, historical mood, it might be appropriate, but a book about typography should know better. Right?

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