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bietsch
bietsch
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October 27, 2021
Question

Ligature Problem with District Pro Font in German (ss -> ß)

  • October 27, 2021
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Hi, I have a weird problem using District Pro in German: All instances of ss (double small s) are being replaced by ß (eszet). Only way to turn this off is to change the language, which of course turns off hyphenation, therefore not an option. This is definitely the wrong behaviour and does not happen with any other font. 

As far as I can see this is a bug and should be fixed. 

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    Molly Doane
    Molly Doane
    Participating Frequently
    October 27, 2021

    Hello – It sounds like you have contextual alternates turned on, as described in this article:
    https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/special-characters.html

     

    In the OpenType panel, do any of the following:

    • Click the Standard Ligatures button to enable or disable ligatures for standard letter pairs (such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, and ffl).

    • Click the Discretionary Ligatures button to enable or disable optional ligatures (if available in the current font).

    • Click the Contextual Alternates button to enable or disable contextual alternates (if available in the current font).

     

    Please check and let us know if that resolves the issue.

     

    Best regards,

    Molly

     

      bietsch
      bietschAuthor
      Participant
      November 4, 2021

      Molly, 

       

      sorry, I should have stated that this is an InDesign Problem. I do not have an Open Typ Panel in Indesign, do I? Also this does not happen with any other font (not with the Type1 District Font we currently use), and it happens right after activating the Font from the Creative Suite. 

       

      Thx

      Vijay

      bietsch
      bietschAuthor
      Participant
      November 7, 2021

      Information about contextual alternates in InDesign is on this page:

      https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/using-fonts.html

       

      Let us know whether you see the issue in another program using that font.


      Same thing in Illustrator. Toggled Contextual Alternatives, no change. Shouldn't this just work out of the box, like with any other font? What can I do to make you consider the possibility that this is a bug?

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