What serif/calligraphy fonts have a lot of discretionary ligatures?

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I'm looking for typefaces that have a lot of discretionary ligatures, more specifically a serif or calligraphic font of the fancy/classical sort.

I am already aware of:

Am I missing any big names?

Zapfino has a lot of ligatures, but maybe not the sort of calligraphy you are looking for. — benteh, May 22 '14 at 9:38

WillAdams · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22 14:30:35Z

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Calligraphic:

Bickham Script Pro
Caflisch Script Pro
Brioso Pro
Ex Ponto Pro
Poetica Std
Sanvito Pro
Silentium Pro
Waters Titling Pro
Zapfino --- see my article on it here: http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf

Text fonts w/ extensive alternates:

answered May 22 '14 at 14:18

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Ilan · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22 08:04:21Z

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I am not sure I clearly understand "alternate" ligatures, however, probably you will like these 3 fonts (they have "Discretionary Ligatures" -

answered May 22 '14 at 8:04

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