@tohecz The symbols like "fi" in unicode are only there because they were present in older encodings (like adobe or apple) that had more limitations. Modern systems don't need a "fj" …

Note how some of the symbols occur in a single box, implying that are "joined at the hip" so to speak, representing a single character (or ligature) in the typeset output. Additionally, this is …

In my humble opinion, fi shouldn't be ligatured when i has some other top-accent than a dot. You can do that by putting the empty braces {} between the letters: f{}ī. This image shows some …

Feb 29, 2016 · In order to enable the fi ligature, suppress the is, iv, and ix ligatures if is/iv/ix is preceded by f; In order to enable the sp and st ligatures, suppress the is ligature if is is …

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text,Ligatures=TeX,Scale=1.05]{Times New Roman} \begin{document} Ligatures: fi fl ffl …

Feb 4, 2016 · I am using helvetica {phv} as secondary font in one of my project. In that I need fi and fl ligatures on. Can anyone help me how to keep the liguatures on. Thanks S. Vinay

Jun 29, 2016 · The best way to solve it is to fix your source file by removing those characters and replacing them with the non-ligature versions. – Alan Munn Commented Jun 29, 2016 at 14:39

Is there a comprehensive list of the LaTeX ligatures in basic font(s)? Besides the long dashes formed by --and ---, and some two and three letter combinations that start with f (like fi), I can't …

Jun 1, 2015 · \documentclass{article} \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm} \begin{document} data-flow missing ligature. \end{document} The "flow" word does not use the f-l ligature, appearing …

Dec 13, 2021 · I asked on Graphic Design SE about the existence and use of 'fi' ligatures where the 'i' has an accent. In the end, I used fontforge to build a glyph out of parts of the usual 'fi' …