ligature
/ˈlɪɡətʃər/
two or more letters combined into a single glyph
ligature in a sentence
“The 'fi' ligature prevents awkward letter collision.”
Origin of ligature
Latin ligatura 'bond' from ligare 'to bind'
Related Words
hierarchy
the visual organization of type by importance
kerning
adjusting the space between individual letter pairs
leading
the vertical space between lines of text
tracking
uniform adjustment of spacing across a range of characters
serif
small decorative strokes at the ends of letters
sans-serif
typefaces without decorative strokes on letters