Bug#432739: pango: Pango should transparently render using ligatures if available

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 18:18 +0100, Ben Goodger wrote:
> It would be nice if Pango could render non-fixed fonts using ligatures 
> automatically and transparently.
> 
> For instance, typing "fi" into a text box would result first in "f" and 
> then in "fi". Hitting backspace gives "f" again, while pressing the back 
> arrow and then delete gives "i".
> 
> This should only take place for variable-width fonts that provide said 
> ligature. Additionally, e.g. the word "finish" (though rendered 
> "finish") when selected and copied to the clipboard/screen reader should 
> result in "finish" again, though I am not sure whether this is in the 
> field of the GUI toolkit in question.

Hi,

Isn't this already the case? What application and what font are you
testing with?

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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