August 29, 2019
Can’t turn off Ligatures
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August 29, 2019
Can’t turn off Ligatures
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Does anyone know how to turn off ligatures in Adobe Captivate? I can’t find any information on how to do it.

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2019-09-04 19:27:16
2019-09-04 19:27:16

Hi Lieve, I have attached a screen shot from some of the text in one of my slides. I wan’t to get rid of the joins between “f/i”, “f/t” etc., but can’t figure out how to do it. The font I’m using is Lato and it is an Adobe Typekit font.

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ladams_RS
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2019-09-04 19:28:37
2019-09-04 19:28:37
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ladams_RS
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Which font is that? I never did see this type of connections and have created tons of Captivate projects.

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Lieve Weymeis
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2019-09-04 19:29:21
2019-09-04 19:29:21
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Lieve Weymeis
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It is Lato, and I’ve synced it through Adobe Typekit

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ladams_RS
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2019-09-04 23:51:37
2019-09-04 23:51:37
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ladams_RS
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I’m afraid you are thinking InDesign or Illustrator. Captivate has very little typographical control. Most Captivate user’s wouldn’t even know what you are asking about.

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ladams_RS
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2019-09-05 07:00:14
2019-09-05 07:00:14
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ladams_RS
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I wrote something similar about ligatures, but You can edit the distance between characters – so-called kerning – in Captivate with shortcut keys. Have to look it up. That is the only reason why it could be possible to realize what has been shown in the screenshots. When I find some time today will license Lato and see if that font is particularly sensitive to kerning?

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ladams_RS
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2019-09-05 19:41:59
2019-09-05 19:41:59
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ladams_RS
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In Windows hold down Ctrl + Alt and use the left and right arrows on your keyboard. Although it won’t detach the ligatures in the Lato font.

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Paul Wilson
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2019-09-12 15:29:47
2019-09-12 15:29:47
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Paul Wilson
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Paul Wilson thanks for the key command, too bad it doesn’t work for the ligatures. I will let you all know if I ever get to the bottom of this.

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2019-08-30 12:30:09
2019-08-30 12:30:09

Can you give some examples?  Maybe my understanding of ‘ligature’ is different from yours, but I don’t see any in Captivate. Which font do you use?

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