@robmoors said:
Okay once you know what it's called it's easy to fix.
Hi Rob,
Glad you found your answer. When I started reading the thread I was thinking "He needs to know that it's called a 'ligature'" and fortunately I kept reading and found out that you had found out.
The reason it's in one font and not another is up to the font designers. If a designer takes the time and trouble to design a ligature, it will be there in the font, and if not, not. There are also fonts that have "swash" capitals in addition to normal capitals.
The most commonly used ligatures are f-i, f-f, and f-f-i in Times and Times-like fonts. In the f-i and f-f ligature, the "ball" at the top of the 'f' merges with the dot on the 'i' and in the f-f forms the crossbars on the 'f's merge, so the f-f-i has two things going on.
That Calibri c-k ligature is unusual and is more "swash" than most ligatures which are about readabily and compactness. In this case, the c-k does not improve readability nor does it take up less space, but it would go well with "swash" capitals. It certainly should not be there automatically in body type. Swash can be pretentious, but there are times when that is what you want.
I hope this helps,
August
