For those who don't know: ligatures are special symbols that are automatically substituted for some character combinations. For instance, in serif type (such as Times New Roman) when the lowercase letter f is followed by an I, the little nubbly at the end of the f's curl overlaps the dot on the i quite inelegantly.
Therefore, many fonts are designed to include a special character that more elegantly combines the two letters: fi.
All sorts of clever things can be done with ligatures, but this one is crazy cool.
Chartwell is a type family that explores the use of OpenType to interpret and visualize data. The font format is highly portable and can be used in most applications that support ligatures. The data also remains editable allowing for easy updates. Stringing letters and numbers together into ligatures, you can make things like this.
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