In this typographical how-to video, Nigel French talks about ligatures: when two characters are joined to create a single glyph. Ligatures make text look smoother and fix awkward spacing issues. InDesign turns on standard ligatures by default, but Nigel talks through how to use them or not use them more intentionally.
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This article was last modified on October 3, 2025
This article was first published on October 3, 2025
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