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@@ -662,5 +662,10 @@ kerning. @Index { kerning }
letters closer together, for example in `VA.' Lout considers
ligatures and kerning to be integral parts of each font; you can prevent
them from happening only by enclosing one of the letters in a
-@Code "@OneCol" symbol, as in {@Code "@OneCol { V }A" }.
+@Code "@OneCol" symbol, as in {@Code "@OneCol { V }A" }. Alternatively,
+to turn off ligatures you can write
+@ID @Code "nolig @Font { ... }"
+and then ligatures will not be used within the object following
+{@Code "@Font"}. Should you ever need to turn ligatures on
+within a region where they are turned off, use {@Code "lig @Font"}.
@End @Section