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> To make an `SS' glyph distinguishable from `S' `S', as needed in
> official documents like passports, why not adding a small `ligature
> connection' similar to the bow in the `ct' ligature glyphs formerly
> used in French typography (see attached image)?
Just a post scriptum regarding my dilletantic attempt to draw `SS'
with a ligature connection: Attached an image which shows that this is
possible (at least with a sans serif script), and which IMHO is
aesthetically pleasing.
I've taken the image from
http://www.typeforum.de/modules.php?op=modload&name=XForum&file=viewthread&tid=353Øä
Werner
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