Timeline for Do discretionary ligatures hold any other purpose than visual?
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| Feb 16, 2011 at 23:47 | comment | added | DA01 | Both statements are true. It's purely for decoration. There's a line between useful ligatures (reducing copy size, fitting type) and discretionary decorative ligatures. Where the line is will differ from typeface to typeface, designer to designer, project to project. | |
| Feb 16, 2011 at 21:55 | comment | added | Jari Keinänen | Do you mean their sole purpose is decoration or are you just stating that they are decorative? | |
| Feb 16, 2011 at 19:28 | history | answered | DA01 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |