English probably doesn't have the same rules as German for compound
words. Both "ruffled" and "cuffless" would use the "ffl" ligature,
although hyphenation rules woul be different (partly because "ruffled"
is a monosyllabic word) -- no hyphen in "ruffled", as compared with "cuff-
less".
Giles
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On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Otto Stolz wrote:
> German ligaturing rules depend on a linguistic analysis,
> as German features unboundedly many compound words,
> and German typesetting rules forbid ligatures across
> constituent-boundaries in composites. Example:
> - "das Schaffell" (sheepskin) has two separate "f" letters,
> - "das Schaffen" (activity; creation) has an "ff" ligature.
> I guess, other languages with many compound words
> will have similar rules. Who knows any examples?
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