On 2 Oct 2021, at 00:46, Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> On 10/2/2021 12:35 AM, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context wrote:
>> On 21 Sep 2021, at 02:47, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context 
>> <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm using a TTF file that has no ligature capability as a built-in feature. 
>>> It does however have glyphs for fi and fl but ConTeXt isn't substituting 
>>> them.
>>> 
>>> So the question is: what do I need to do to persuade ConTeXt to do fi & fl 
>>> ligature substitution?
>> Any suggestions please? Is a font features file the 'right' way? I would 
>> have thought that there was a more traditional solution
> you can write your own feature (examplex in test suite and manuals) where you 
> map f + f onto ff

Thanks Hans - I keep forgetting about the test suite.

For the benefit of those coming here via the mail archive, I found what I 
needed in the cont-tst.zip test suite in the file fonts/extensions-001.tex
<http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/latest/cont-tst.zip>

Now my problem is that the font only has ligatures for fi and fl which is 
making my life di-ffi-cult. <groan>
—
Bruce Horrocks
Hampshire, UK

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