Re: Old ligatures spotted in modern typography

John Cowan wrote:

>
> In the September 2004 issue of _National Geographic_, on an unnumbered
> foldout page (physical folio 9v), the advertising text
>
> If it looks like a ship
> and acts like a ship,
> there is little question
>
> appears with the "ct" in "acts" ligated. On the recto side of this
> folio, the text "It most assuredly" appears with "st" ligatured.
> (Since this is a foldout page, you're expected to see the verso
> before the recto.) The body text is about how the advertiser's product
> adheres to tradition, which may account for the use of these
> traditional ligatures.

A number of "Expert" fonts from Adobe include these ligatures, and also
the very elegant ones from Hoefler (whose domain name used to be
"typography.com," which I thought rather arrogant).

Me, I'd not use it across a syllable break, as in <action> or <question>
-- sounds like they've followed the same principle.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...