Re: [NTG-context] If a Font Has Ligature Glyphs But No Feature?

On 20 Jul 2022, at 22:11, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:

Am 20.07.22 um 21:40 schrieb Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context:

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\definefontfeature [venetian-301-demi-ligatures] [v1=yes,v3=yes] \definefontfeature [venetian-301-BT-ligatures] [v2=yes,v3=yes] Note that the names v1, v2 and v3 are entirely arbitrary. Also, the \starttypescript section sets the font features to be just those I've defined - potentially losing whatever 'default' would provide. But since the font doesn't seem to have a lot of features in the first place I've so far not noticed any problems. I'm sure a real expert could tell you how to retain 'default' and add the ligatures, if needed.

Hi Bruce, you can simply inherit your feature sets from default:

\definefontfeature [venetian-301-demi-ligatures][default][v1=yes,v3=yes] \definefontfeature [venetian-301-BT-ligatures][default][v2=yes,v3=yes]

I’d like to borrow your example for my book, if you don’t object.

Thank-you for the tip, and please feel free to use my example in your book. — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK