Programming Font Ligatures

The cluster centers on debates about ligatures in monospace programming fonts, discussing whether they enhance code readability for operators like != or >=, or cause confusion and editing issues.

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IgorPartola Apr 1, 2017 View on HN

Why do you dislike ligatures in your coding font? Just curious.

meepmorp Dec 21, 2021 View on HN

Counterpoint: I like ligatures in programming fonts.

PeCaN Oct 15, 2019 View on HN

a lot of programming fonts have ligatures for this

amake May 13, 2023 View on HN

Tell me you've never actually used programming ligatures without telling me etc. etc.

brohee Jan 22, 2019 View on HN

A good ligature font solves those...

Zobat Sep 7, 2022 View on HN

Question: Are you a programmer? If so, what is you opinion on ligatures? Do they help in readability of code?

moogly Jan 15, 2020 View on HN

Sorry, JetBrains, but I can't stand ligatures in coding fonts.

wongarsu May 7, 2018 View on HN

Ligature support looks nice. What are some good programming fonts that provide good ligatures?

twobyfour Jul 21, 2017 View on HN

I'm not sure that ligatures would be an improvement for legibility or editing code.

ZeroGravitas May 8, 2024 View on HN

It's font ligatures for code, and yeah, it can be very confusing if you're not expecting it.