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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss,comp.misc
Subject: Re: China: Government Starts Phasing Out American Processors, Operating Systems on Government Computers
Date: 31 Mar 2024 14:53:17 -0000
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Kees Nuyt  <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> wrote:
>On 30 Mar 2024 18:36:47 -0300, Mike Spencer
><mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
>> I understand the reasoning behind the existence of the
>> f-ligatures but not st, less so why it would be used in
>> an electronic doc.
>
>Wild guess: if there are also 'nd', 'rd' and 'th' ligatures, it
>is probably meant for constructs like
>1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ... etc.
>
>Also, some of the ligatures could be used for "kerning".
>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_(writing)>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning>

On the linotype kerning isn't handled by a separate type mold like 
ligatures are, but there is a lever that you pull to enable it to
squish molds together.  I don't know how it works inside the mechanism.

With handset type it varies depending on the font.
--scott
-- 
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