\defaultfontfeatures
 [\rmfamily,\sffamily]
 {Ligatures=TeX}

\defaultfontfeatures
 [\ttfamily]
 {WordSpace={1,0,0},
  PunctuationSpace=WordSpace}

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%%% FOR BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS %%%


\aliasfontfeatureoption{Ligatures}{Historic}{Historical}
\let\newfontinstance\newfontfamily