> > Javier Bezos wrote: > > >> >For example, removing the fi ligature in Turkish. Or using an alternate > > >> >ortography in languages with contextual analysis. > ... > > >Actually, they aren't, but for some reason Knuth > > >very likely understands, this information is included > > >in the tfm files (text font *metrics*). > > It is because the pattern-matching required to identify ligature points > is almost identical (in the standard English cases) to the > pattern-matching required for kerning. [Further interesting explanations follows] Thanks. btw, my comment about Knuth is not derogatory at all. Simply I didn't understand it because I find the TeX program somewhat difficult to understand (not being a professional programmer). Javier _____________________________________________________________________ Conoce la que será la película del verano y llévate una camiseta de cine en http://www.marujasasesinas.com/html/concurso.html