[XeTeX] Absence of ligatures

[Fr. Michael Gilmary]

> I have just noticed that the "fi" and "fl" ligatures are not created. 
> To be more precise: if I compile this document:
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \pagestyle{empty}
> \usepackage{xltxtra}
> \begin{document}
> \Huge
> \fontspec{DTLUnicoST}
> fi fl
> \end{document}
>
> I don't get the ligatures that I should get. Am I doing something 
> wrong? Or could it be a flaw within the fonts that I am using?



Hi Jose:

Try setting the main font in the preamble with the option 
[Mapping=tex=text]:


\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{DTLUnicoST}


That should work ... and you won't need to type the ligatures into the 
text itself.

HTH.





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