The selnolig package suppresses typographic ligatures selectively, i.e., based
on predefined search patterns. The search patterns identify ligatures that are
deemed inappropriate because they span morpheme boundaries. For example, the
word *shelfful*, which is mentioned in the TeXbook as a word for which the "ff"
ligature might be inappropriate, is automatically typeset as shelf{}ful,
i.e., without the ff ligature.
For English and German language documents, the selnolig package provides
extensive rules for the selective suppression of so-called "common" ligatures.
These comprise the ff, fi, fl, ffi, and ffl ligatures as well as the ft and
fft ligatures. Other f-ligatures, such as fb, fh, fj and fk, are suppressed
globally. However, the package provides exceptions for names and words of
non-English/German origin, such as fjord and Kafka.
For English language documents, the package further provides ligature
suppression rule for a number of so-called "discretionary" or "rare"
ligatures, such as ct, st, and sp.
The package's user guide is in the file selnolig.pdf. If you're not (yet)
familiar with this package, you may want to at least skim the user guide in
order to get a sense of how the package may be used.
The selnolig package requires use of the LuaLaTeX format provided by a recent
TeX distribution, such as TeXLive2015 or MiKTeX2.9.
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