Hi,
the "Periodcentered" thread got me thinking: are there special cases in world orthographies, like kerning the periodcentrered exactly between two l's, that are specific to a country's orthography but should be paid special attention to when developing a professional font? There are perhaps similar cases in other orthographies that non-local designers are totally oblivious to, and it would be good to hear more about these cases.
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These combinations would typically be implemented as ligatures. When post-war Germany largely switched to antikva (roman) types, the ch and ck digraphs were sometimes represented by closely spaced letters or as ligatures. My impression is that this is seldom done any more, and I think Nick's suggestion of making this a special case for German kerning isn't completely serious.
See also this earlier Typedrawers discussion.
I’ve offered this quaint kerning as a Stylistic Set option on a couple of typefaces—along with lowered diereses on Ä, Ö and Ü—that have a kind of mid-century German antiqua vibe—which happened under the influence of Hermann Zapf, I suspect, as I’ve always admired his work immensely, especially Palatino.
So yes, as indicated by the winky-face, my tongue firmly in cheek!