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• • April 5, 2018 at 7:21 am #102867
    Abigail Carr

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    Hello, really hoping someone can help as this is killing me.

    I would like to add some but not all of the discretionary ligatures to my body text para style. How do I do this? Is it even possible in indesign?

    I’ve tried creating a GREP set hoping to link that to a ‘stylistic set’ but can’t find how to do that. (I did try find and replace but that resets itself pretty fast an looks a recipe for error). Do I have to pay for something like GlyphApp? (I’ve searched through Lynda etc too of course, but can’t find the solution).

    Thanks for your tips!

  • April 6, 2018 at 5:37 am #102949
    Vinny –

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    Hi there.
    Since nobody replied, I’ll bring up your question.

    If I understand correctly, you can achieve what you want by creating a character style with discretionary ligatures ON (Opentype features).
    Then, in your paragraph style options, use a GREP style in order to apply the previously created character style to some letters.
    Grep query sp|ct will add ligatures to “sp” and “ct” (but not st or any other existing ligature).

    Of course, the chosen font must have these disc. ligatures.
    You can check if they exist through the glyph panel and choosing display > discretionary ligatures.

    See example below (ligatures in magenta for better viewing):

    View post on imgur.com

    Hope I understood correctly your question…

  • April 7, 2018 at 4:43 am #102963
    Abigail Carr

    Member

    Thankyou! That should do it – an elegant solution. Much appreciated thanks. Will try…!
    Abigail

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