English: Rendering of rare and ancient ligatures in XeTeX using an OpenType font (Hoefler Text). (Note that "ct" and"st" ligatures were relatively common in high-end typography until around the beginning of the 20th century, and so are not really all that rare or ancient.)
French text sample (Question au clerc du guichet of François Villon) :
Que dictes vous de mon appel,
Garnier ? Fis je sens ou folie ?
Toute beste garde sa pel
Qui la contraint, efforce ou lie
S’elle peut, elle se deslie
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