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Do svg fonts have ligature tables?

Do svg fonts use ligature tables? If so, can you point me to an example of what one would look like (it doesn't have to have glyph data)?

I just wanted to make sure before I go changing font data that I exported from out of font forge.

Thank you!

Solution

  • I'm going to assume you are referring to the type of font with an .svg extension. And not OpenType fonts that contain SVG-based glyphs.

    Information on the capabilities of SVG fonts can be found in the SVG Specification.

    The answer is no. SVG fonts are very primitive. They support kerning, and that's about it.

    It's also worth pointing out that SVG fonts are deprecated now. It has been removed from the draft SVG 2 specification. And support is gradually being removed from browsers.