I'm trying to figure out if the thing that connects the s and the t/p in this example has a name. It's like an extra serif.

Edited on May 11, 2013 at 00:47 by rocamaco
Thats called a "discretionary ligature" and it's an OpenType feature.

Awesome! Thank you SO much!!

It's not only an Open Type possibility, it's a very old feature, older than the computers, but now possible to do with the Open Type format.
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