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.