How to Use Font Ligatures Using CSS?

The CSS font-variant-ligatures property is used to control the rendering of ligatures in typography. Ligatures are special characters that are created by combining two or more characters into a single glyph for better visual appearance and readability.

The font-variant-ligatures property can have the following values:

1. normal: This is the default value, and it allows ligatures to be used as defined by the font designer.
2. none: This value disables the use of ligatures, even if they are defined in the font. Each character is displayed individually without any ligature substitution.
3. common-ligatures: This value enables ligatures that are commonly used, such as “fi,” “fl,” “ff,” and “ffi.”
4. no-common-ligatures: This value disables common ligatures.
5. discretionary-ligatures: This value enables discretionary ligatures, which are additional ligatures that may be defined by the font designer but are not commonly used.
6. no-discretionary-ligatures: This value disables discretionary ligatures.
7. historical-ligatures: This value enables ligatures that are historically used in certain languages or scripts.
8. no-historical-ligatures: This value disables historical ligatures.

The font-variant-ligatures property can be applied to individual elements or to the body element to affect the entire document. It’s important to note that the availability and support for ligatures may vary depending on the font being used and the browser or rendering engine being used to display the content.

To fix any issues related to the font-variant-ligatures property using CSS, you can try the following approaches:

1. Disable ligatures: If you want to ensure ligatures are disabled for a specific element or the entire document, you can use the font-variant-ligatures property with the value none. Here’s an example:

• 
/* Disable ligatures for a specific element */.my-element {
font-variant-ligatures: none;
}

/* Disable ligatures for the entire document */
body {
font-variant-ligatures: none;
}


• Enable specific ligatures: If you want to enable specific ligatures while disabling others, you can use the appropriate value for the font-variant-ligatures property. For example, to enable common ligatures and disable discretionary ligatures, you can use the following CSS:

Alternatively, you can specify multiple values separated by spaces to enable or disable multiple types of ligatures. Here’s an example:

2. .my-element {
font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures;
}


   This enables common ligatures while explicitly disabling discretionary ligatures.

It’s important to note that not all fonts support ligatures, and the availability of ligatures may vary across different browsers and platforms. Additionally, ligature support may depend on the specific font file being used.