Re:Ligatures in programming fonts
by Libbum on Sunday July 23, 2017 @04:00AM
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> they should never be used for showing code in an public or explanatory context
This I can definitely agree with.
The readability issue, in my opinion, is fine and coarse grained.
If I'm scanning my own code, having ligatures on is quicker for me to understand and is ultimately more readable. But (and this is a large but), when editing my own code, ligatures are useless and in the way. Thus I set my editor to remove all ligatures on active/highlighted lines.
This I can definitely agree with.
The readability issue, in my opinion, is fine and coarse grained.
If I'm scanning my own code, having ligatures on is quicker for me to understand and is ultimately more readable. But (and this is a large but), when editing my own code, ligatures are useless and in the way. Thus I set my editor to remove all ligatures on active/highlighted lines.