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		hyperhello 76 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Targetting specific characters with CSS rules Can ligatures be used like regexps? Like, a letter followed by two digits should have this appearance?

semolino 76 days ago [–]

https://blog.glyphdrawing.club/font-with-built-in-syntax-hig...

This write-up demonstrates that OpenType contextual alternates are pretty powerful, but not as much as regular expressions.

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