The section on possible ligatures is worth considering because ligatures were widely used in the Middle Ages over a great geographical distance (e.g., both Latin characters and Indic characters had the same concepts). In other words, the use of ligatures was widespread at the time and it's quite possible, if the VMS is linguistic (or even if it is symbolic), that it includes ligatures:
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However, the same frequency and positional considerations would have to be explained for ligatures, as they would for individual characters, by anyone proposing a solution.
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However, the same frequency and positional considerations would have to be explained for ligatures, as they would for individual characters, by anyone proposing a solution.

