Sorry Tobias, I was missing your point entirely! I tried your example, confronting the result of these lines:
\setmainfont{texgyrepagella-regular.otf} Alfi often eats puff waffles.\\ \fontspec[Ligatures=NoCommon]{texgyrepagella-regular.otf} Alfi often eats puff waffles. I tried also Historical and Rare ligatures, but nothing like an ft ligature around. Maybe another of the Palatino variations in the market will have it? Best, J -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex