Meaning of typographic ligature | Babel Free

Definitions

A character that visually combines multiple letters, usually but not always by connecting them (making them contiguous), such as æ, œ, ß or ij; a logotype.

countable

Examples

“ae (a + e) > æ AE (A + E) > Æ db (d + b) > ȸ dz (d + z) > dz Dz (D + z) > Dz DZ (D + Z) > DZ et (e + t) > & ff (f + f) > ff ffi (ff + fi) > ffi ffl (ff + fl) > ffl fi (f + i) > fi fl (f + l) > fl fs (f + s) > ? ft (f + t) > ? ij (i + j) > ij IJ (I + J) > IJ lj (l + j) > lj Lj (L + j) > Lj LJ (L + J) > LJ ng (n + g) > ŋ NG (N + G) > Ŋ nj (n + j) > nj Nj (N + j) > Nj NJ (N + J) > NJ oe (o + e) > œ OE (O + E) > Œ or ɶ ou (o + u) > Ȣ (majiscule) or ȣ (minuscule) qp (q + p) > ȹ ſs (ſ + s) or ſz (ſ + z) > ß (ẞ when capitalized) st (s + t) > st ſt (ſ + t) > ſt ue (u + e) > ᵫ”

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