Am 26.04.2013 um 18:43 schrieb "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de>:
>
> Hi Keith,
>
> if you look at the books of decent publishers, you will see that most of them
> still use ligatures (most American university presses, Oxford and Cambridge,
> German publishers such as Reclam etc.) However, many smaller publishers don't
> give a rat's ass about esthetics, and that's where Word comes into play: they
> have their authors deliver their manuscripts as Word files and simply typeset
> from that, more often than not by employing some underpaid and untrained
> "contractors" in India. Cuts costs and makes authors do all the work that
> publishers used to do in the olden days... Taking this as the norm is not a
> good idea.
>
> As to LaTeX: you're wrong, LaTeX is part of the TeX family as is ConTeXt and
> has ligatures. If you set up your fonts correctly in XeLaTeX, you get them.
>
Hi Thomas,
I never said that they do not have ligatures. I never said XeLaTeX does not
have
the ability to use them I have read the fontspec manual!
What I do not understand is why you rant to me about Words inabilities! I never
mentioned
before you did!!
It is a shame that when one states an opinion that others dislike or do not
agree with one
is pushed into a corner which had absolutely nothing to do with one post.
For me this discussion has gone far enough.
regards
Keith
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