Expertlatin
- What is Latin ligature?
- What are the ligature names?
- What is ligature in linguistics?
- What is the history of the ligature?
What is Latin ligature?
In writing, though, a ligature is a character that combines two letters. The most common are 'æ' (ae) and 'œ' (oe), which you may have seen in words like 'encyclopædia' or 'amœba'. Ligatures were used to show that words came from Latin or Greek.
What are the ligature names?
The Computer Modern Roman typeface provided with TeX includes the five common ligatures ff, fi, fl, ffi, and ffl.
What is ligature in linguistics?
In writing and typography, a ligature is two or more graphemes joined to make a single glyph. In other words, it is a unique character created by joining multiple characters. For example, the diphthong æ or the sign &, originally a ligature of “et” that means “and” in Latin.
What is the history of the ligature?
"Ligature" comes from the Latin word ligatus, meaning to tie or bind, but the history extends as far back as the earliest form of writing, Sumerian cuneiform, which includes many instances of ligatures. They are also featured in many historical scripts; scribes often used them to increase their writing speed.
