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Subject:Ligatures in Windows From:"George F. Hayhoe" <george -at- GHAYHOE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:09:11 -0400
In replying to Bernd Hutschenreuther's query about how to
use ligature characters in Windows, Elizabeth Ross said,
"Ligatures are not supported under Windows . . . ."
I haven't checked out other applications, but in Microsoft
Word 2000 (and perhaps earlier versions), choose Insert -->
Symbol, highlight the desired ligature character, press
Insert, press Close, and then set the character in the
desired font. Note that not all fonts include ligature
characters that are true ligatures.
