Title: Ligatures.js
Author: Dana Ross
Published: <strong>June 2, 2011</strong>
Last modified: April 23, 2013

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# Ligatures.js

 By [Dana Ross](https://profiles.wordpress.org/csixty4/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ligatures-js.1.0.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ligatures-js/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ligatures-js/#developers)

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## Description

**NOTE: This plugin has outlived its usefulness. You can use it if you need to support
legacy browsers, but modern web sites should be using the `text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;`
declaration in their CSS to encourage context-sensitive kerning and the use of ligatures.**

Chip Cullen’s [Ligatures.js](http://chipcullen.com/ligatures/) plugin for jQuery
is an extremely lightweight tool automatically inserting ligatures in content where
appropriate. Ligatures are glyphs that combine two letter forms into one for stylistic
and legibility reasons.

Since it depends on fonts for ligature rendering, it’s limited to the four ligatures
that are reliably supported: fi, fl, AE, and ae.

The configuration screen lets you pick which text on your site gets ligatures using
CSS selectors. Use this plugin to enhance readability in headlines and flavor text
on your site.

## Installation

 1. Upload this plugin to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Find the “Ligatures” configuration option in the WordPress admin interface to configure.

## FAQ

### Why does this plugin only change four glyphs?

The Unicode standard has code points for quite a few ligatures, but most fonts we
use on the web only have support for a basic set of characters. Chip Cullen determined
that fi, fl, AE, and ae were the only ones he could count on being there.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Ligatures.js” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Dana Ross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/csixty4/)

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## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.1.4**
 * Tags
 * [ligatures](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ligatures/)[typography](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/typography/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ligatures-js/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Dana Ross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/csixty4/)

## Support

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