Ligature

Ligature(Maggot; Ligature) With, plural letters were connected letter.

Typical ligature

Stage of ligature

It can recognize several stages in the ligature.

1. From influence and the like of the writing body, in regard to design, attaching plural letters simply, those which you write.
2. TypographyPutting, it attached several letters according to the purpose which adjusts the space, printing type, they use according to need.
3. ?(Fi)?(Fl) And so on, concerning the combination of specification, those which reaches the point where uniformly the ligature is used.

   There being a personal computer, depending upon character code system we to give the cord/code which becomes independent in these ligatures, the Western language of part font corresponds to that, has the shape of character. Part group edition software (the DTP software), lumping together the character code which becomes independent with the original character code, or being automatic, it has the function which it converts.

4. FrenchQ, like 5, as for the consciousness which is combination of two letters although leaving, those which reaches the point where by all means you use that ligature in spelling.
5. GermanﾟThe way, it gave special role to that letter, it reached the point where it handles as 1 letter, it is the thing.
6. Icelandic、 Danish、 Norwegian ﾆ and the 謔 ﾌ way, those which reaches the point where new role can be given separated from original letter.
7. Finnish、 Danish、 NorwegianﾘThe ø (o and e) the way, piling up 2 letters, the result of being written, those which become the letter which has new role.
8. Dutch?? (IJ and ij) the way, in regard to printing dividing, assuming, that it was written, 1 letter those which reaches the point where it is handled.
9. W and w (VV and vv or UU and uu), those which are received in alphabet of many languages as the letter which becomes independent completely.
10. &（ Latin) and@（ Latin) the way, those which reaches the point which changes shape largely, in other language it is received as symbolic or ideogram.
11. $, those where the beginning has stopped knowing (the theory of the thing which repeats P and S is powerful)
12. ﾅ and the 蛯 ﾌ way, those which reaches the point where letter of the result and above are repeated vertically is small written.
13. ﾄ, 艨 Aﾖö,ﾜLike the ü, repeating vertically, you write are attached to the result and on those which point (these German ウムラウト UMLAT, it is derived from e).
14. In addition,?Latin quaestio first and there is a theory of the thing which repeats last q and o vertically,!It is called the shape which repeats Latin io vertically.

When these ligatures are included in word,DictionaryIt arranges into some kind of position and so on in, it is various. When the ligature before doing, you place in position, as the letter which becomes independent when it arranges in addition to alphabet, in addition, like ウムラウト when it arranges and the like, as those which is not that it is.

• キリル letter Я, is called the ligature "of IA".
• Japanese "| モ" (トモ)"the ┐" (thing) and the like the kana ligature "浬" ( nautical mile) "Kilometer" (thousand United States, kilometer) When is, the Chinese character ligature has been used.

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