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From: allyn@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Allyn Fratkin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Courier font in troff
Message-ID: <3790@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 21:00:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  4 21:00:45 1987
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In article <2903@psuvax1.psu.edu>, schwartz@gondor.psu.edu (Scott E. Schwartz) writes:
> It turns out that the courier font on the apple laser writer
> (which is what sun sells you under their brand name) does not
> have ligatures.  

you're right.  here's what to do (if you followed my advice in a previous
message).  just append the single line:

.lg 0

to your /usr/lib/ps/troff.font/Courier.head file.  this will turn
off all ligatures for the Courier font automatically.

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