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No idea what's going on here:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[
Path = {/FONTDIR/},
Extension = .otf
]
{BaskervaldADFStd}

\begin{document}

Ae ae

\end{document}

... Anyone?

1 Answers1

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With BaskervaldADFStd, the ae and oe ligatures are classified as "required" ligatures. fontspec enables required ligatures by default. To change this setting, add the option Ligatures=NoRequired to the \setmainfont instruction.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{BaskervaldADFStd}[Ligatures={NoRequired}]
\begin{document}  
ae oe AE OE 

\ae\ \oe\ \AE\ \OE

\em
ae oe AE OE 

\ae\ \oe\ \AE\ \OE
\end{document}
Mico
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  • Aside: In this font, the italic ae and oe ligatures are barely distinguishable. Not great, I'd say. – Mico Dec 09 '17 at 14:42