Ligature (writing)

In writing and typography, a ligature is the combination of two or more graphemes or letters into one glyph. Common examples include:Combining a and e into the ligature ⟨æ⟩ Combining o and e into the ligature ⟨œ⟩ Combining f and i into the ligature ⟨ﬁ⟩ Combining s and t into the ligature ⟨ﬆ⟩.

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