Making a font with 9,999 ligatures to display thirteenth-century monk numerals
Summary
Font ligatures map sequences of characters to single glyphs, enabling a font that renders Cistercian numerals. The article walks through creating a ligature-based font, shows demos, references a GitHub repository, and warns about accessibility and potential misuse when fonts re-visualize text. It also notes that much of the code cited was AI-generated, highlighting implications for typography, encoding, and AI-assisted development.