> And not because I’m a purist or a grump. (Some days, but not today.) Programming code has special semantic considerations. Ligatures in programming fonts are likely to either misrepresent the meaning of the code, or cause miscues among readers. So in the end, even if they’re cute, the risk of error isn’t worth it.
Re:Dev Fonts
by apetrovic on Friday November 20, 2020 @09:38AM
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> Bottom line: this isn’t a matter of taste
Bottom line: this is a matter of taste, like syntax highlighting, use of bold/italic/font face, because everyone configures its own editor to their own taste.
Q: Ligatures in programming fonts? A: Hell no https://tinyletter.com/mbutterick/letters/q-ligatures-in-pro...
> And not because I’m a purist or a grump. (Some days, but not today.) Programming code has special semantic considerations. Ligatures in programming fonts are likely to either misrepresent the meaning of the code, or cause miscues among readers. So in the end, even if they’re cute, the risk of error isn’t worth it.