Re: logos, symbols, and ligatures

> > German is like Dutch, for all I know, in the ways you hyphenate
> > words (typically on a syllable basis). And the way you hyphenate
> > determines whether or not you can use ligatures or not. So I have
> > to agree with Werner here, the syllable boundary stops the
> > ligature formation.
>
> Not really.  The syllable boundary stops ONLY SOME ligature
> formations.  It does not prevent for example the "ff" ligature,
> because the two letters are (almost) always occurring over a
> syllable break (except at end of a word).  The "ff" ligature is an
> example where ligation occurs for aesthetical reasons.  [...]

I think you are correct.  Thanks for bringing it up.


    Werner