Add ligatures

Some fonts include ligatures, a decorative joining of two characters to form a single typographic character. You can use ligatures if the font you’re using supports them.

Text with and without ligatures.

Turn ligatures on or off for selected text

  1. Select the text you want to change, or select a text box if you want to change all the text it contains.

  2. In the Text pane of the Format inspector, click the Style button.

  3. In the Font section, click Advanced options button, then choose an item from the Ligatures pop-up menu.

    • Use Default: Uses the ligature settings specified in the Typography window for the font you’re using.

      To open the Typography window, choose Format > Font > Show Fonts (from the Format window at the top of your computer screen).

    • Use None: Uses regular spacing with no ligatures for the font.

    • Use All: Uses all available ligatures for the font.

To remove ligatures from selected text, choose Use None from the Ligatures pop-up menu.