"typographic ligature" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: typographic ligatures [plural]
Etymology: typographic + ligature Etymology templates: {{com|en|typographic|ligature}} typographic + ligature Head templates: {{en-noun}} typographic ligature (plural typographic ligatures)
  1. (countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, usually but not always by connecting them (making them contiguous), such as æ, œ, ß or ij; a logotype. Wikipedia link: typographic ligature Tags: countable Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-typographic_ligature-en-noun-F-zoFu7u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: media, publishing, typography

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for typographic ligature meaning in English (2.3kB)

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          "langcode": "en",
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            "Writing",
            "Industries",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
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          "ref": "the following are ligatures",
          "text": "ae (a + e) > æ\nAE (A + E) > Æ\ndb (d + b) > ȸ\ndz (d + z) > dz\nDz (D + z) > Dz\nDZ (D + Z) > DZ\net (e + t) > &\nff (f + f) > ff\nffi (ff + fi) > ffi\nffl (ff + fl) > ffl\nfi (f + i) > fi\nfl (f + l) > fl\nfs (f + s) > ?\nft (f + t) > ?\nij (i + j) > ij\nIJ (I + J) > IJ\nlj (l + j) > lj\nLj (L + j) > Lj\nLJ (L + J) > LJ\nng (n + g) > ŋ\nNG (N + G) > Ŋ\nnj (n + j) > nj\nNj (N + j) > Nj\nNJ (N + J) > NJ\noe (o + e) > œ\nOE (O + E) > Œ or ɶ\nou (o + u) > Ȣ (majiscule) or ȣ (minuscule)\nqp (q + p) > ȹ\nſs (ſ + s) or ſz (ſ + z) > ß (ẞ when capitalized)\nst (s + t) > st\nſt (ſ + t) > ſt\nue (u + e) > ᵫ"
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          "typography",
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        [
          "character",
          "character"
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        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "æ",
          "æ"
        ],
        [
          "œ",
          "œ"
        ],
        [
          "ß",
          "ß"
        ],
        [
          "ij",
          "ij"
        ],
        [
          "logotype",
          "logotype"
        ]
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        "(countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, usually but not always by connecting them (making them contiguous), such as æ, œ, ß or ij; a logotype."
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        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ],
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        [
          "æ",
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        ],
        [
          "œ",
          "œ"
        ],
        [
          "ß",
          "ß"
        ],
        [
          "ij",
          "ij"
        ],
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