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Font.Ligature Property

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Returns or sets a pbLigaturePresetType constant that represents the state of the Ligature property on the characters in a text range. The Ligature property enables embellishments to the characters, often in the form of bigger and more flamboyant serifs. Read/write.

Version Information

Version Added: Publisher 2010

Syntax

expression .Ligature

expression A variable that represents a Font object.

Return Value

pbLigaturePresetType

Remarks

Note

The Ligature property has an effect only for OpenType fonts that contain ligatures.

Ligatures are alternate appearances of sequences of characters; multiple characters are merged into one glyph. For example, when ligatures are turned on for the word Office, the letters ffi are all joined together into one glyph that displays a continuous line from the first f through the dot in the i.