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From: BL.JPL@forsythe.stanford.edu (Jonathan Lavigne)
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Subject: Re: Ventura & Ligatures
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Date: 2 Nov 90 05:56:32 GMT
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In article <1990Oct31.163857.25462@midway.uchicago.edu>,
xdab@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Baird) writes:
>In article <43498@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v105mahs@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
>>In article <1990Oct30.215816.943@midway.uchicago.edu>, xdab@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Baird) writes...
>>>
>>>Is there a way to utilize the fi and fl ligatures in
>>>Ventura? The files are created in WordPerfect where
>>       [stuff deleted]
The standard Ventura character sets do not contain the fi and fl
ligatures, although the standard Adobe PostScript character set does
include these characters.  The September 1989 issue of Ventura
Professional contains an article that tells you how to substitute
the two ligatures for two characters in the Ventura international
character set.  It's a pretty involved procedure that requires you
to get the width values of the ligatures and the characters you're
substituting for and make changes to Ventura's PostScript prep file
and width table.  You've got to make these changes for each
typeface and style in which you want to use the ligatures. If you're
working with resident fonts on your printer, you need to log on to
the printer and use PostScript's "executive" mode to get the width
values.  I guess I could send a copy of the article to anyone who's
interested enough to send me a stamped, self-addressed legal size
envelope.  My mailing address is:  Research Libraries Group, 1200
Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041-1100.

Jonathan Lavigne                 BL.JPL@RLG.STANFORD.EDU
Research Libraries Group
Stanford University