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[css-text-3] Add illustration to ligature/letter-spacing example. Clarify that kerning is still applied.
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@@ -1954,13 +1954,20 @@ Word Spacing: the 'word-spacing' property</h3>
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<p>When the effective spacing between two characters is not zero
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(due to either <a href="#text-justify-property">justification</a>
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or a non-zero value of 'letter-spacing'),
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user agents should not apply optional ligatures.</p>
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user agents should not apply optional ligatures.
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However, kerning should still be applied
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(see 'font-kerning' [[CSS3-FONTS]]).
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<p class="example">
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<div class="example">
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For example, if the word “filial” is letter-spaced,
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an “fi” ligature should not be used
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as it will prevent even spacing of the text.
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<figure>
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<p><strong style="letter-spacing: 0.5em">filial</strong> vs <strong style="letter-spacing: 0.5em">filial</strong>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<h4 id="cursive-tracking">
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Cursive Scripts</h4>
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