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I’m working on https://github.com/thien-do/samuwrite :D it’s typography from iA Writer + vscode editor (monaco). You can try it on samuwrite.com. It also has a mac app.

Thank you! That's a nice feature. I've just added it: https://otf.show/rand

Turn out it's called "rand" in the spec, but not many applications support that (including browser) so they implemented it via "calt"

#todayilearn

Hm I'm not sure if it's the font EB Garamond's issue or it's OpenType's limitation.

Truth is, the font does have support for "ſs", and is listed under "Historical Ligatures (hlig)". However, it is only available when "Historical Forms" is turned off. When the latter is enabled, it becomes "ſſ" and I can't find "ſs" anymore (unless manually typing it out).

I think I can learn more by asking at the EB Garamond repo :D

If you happen to know a font that have historical forms support, please tell me. I can't find one beside EB Garamond (I also know Warnock but it's too expensive for me)

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Update: yes EB Garamond does warn this feature is not as clever as the rules on wikipedia. Maybe for now I would choose a safer text for demo while looking for a better font

Thank you :D

As a matter of fact, I also discovered many notes regarding software support/compatible. I think at some time I will put it on for reference. It's may be a problem as we deliver things digitally more and more now. No more the safeness of a printed paper.

I didn't know that rule. Thank you for telling me.

The font is EB Garamond. It's the only free font I found with historical alternates. At first sight I do think the font should be smart enough to apply those rules for me (contextual features I think, like in "frac"), but it seems, at least on CSS, one must do it themselves.

I'll fix this :D