Ligature (writing)

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In writing and typography, a ligature is the combination of two or more graphemes or letters into one glyph. Common examples include: Combining a and e into the ligature ⟨æ⟩ Combining o and e into the ligature ⟨œ⟩ Combining f and i into the ligature ⟨fi⟩ Combining s and t into the ligature ⟨st⟩. The ampersand ⟨&⟩ symbol developed from a ligature that combined the handwritten Latin letters e and t (spelling et, Latin for and).

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