On 2008 Apr 24, at 5:43, Winfried Huslik wrote:
Richard,
Let's see what we've got:
- OS X 10.4.11
True
- FileMaker Pro 9.0.3 (or Advanced)
Advanced, 9.0v3
- typing in a FileMaker field creates ligatures?
Yes. Not a problem in proportional fonts, but most definitely a
drawback for supposedly monospaced fonts like Courier and Monaco (but
not, curiously, Andale Mono, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Souvenir Mono,
or Courier New). Since my initial lament on this subject, I've been
informed that American Typewriter was really not intended to be a
monospaced font, so I withdraw my complaint about ligatures occurring
there.
There is still more to check:
in OS X System preferences:
- What system language ()?
English
- what input method(s) activated in Keyboard menu tab (all should
be Off)?
Input source is listed as "U.S.". Also visible under this menu are
"Show Character Palette" and "Show Keyboard Viewer". I didn't see
anything that gave me the ability to turn any features on or off.
in FileMaker:
- what language?
On a Mac, it uses the System Preference set under "International",
which, as mentioned above, is "English".
- what default font in Preferences -> Fonts (Roman + ??)?
Roman Helvetica
- what Font options? (sync input method should be Off, Font locking
should be On)
True and true
- what FONT has the field?
As mentioned above, the only 2 fonts that seem to be affected are
Courier and Monaco — and then only for the "fi" and "fl" character
combinations, not other common ones like "ft", "ffi", or "ffl". (The
latter 2 are rendered as a stand-alone "f" followed by a 2-byte
ligature.)
