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…by hand, e.g. != becomes ≠, =< becomes ≤, or === becomes ≡. More examples are in the repo readme: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by mashehu · 2019-05-02 · in Ligatures in Programming Fonts: Hell No

…and, often, they do: in sublime: https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/ligatures.html in vscode: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/VS-Code-Instructions in atom: use CSS

comment by tribby · 2019-05-02 · in Ligatures in Programming Fonts: Hell No

…a matter of taste" when users are making this choice in the privacy of their own editors. [0]: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by jake-low · 2019-05-02 · in Ligatures in Programming Fonts: Hell No

…enjoy its aesthetic (especially the ligatures). For general purposes, I like Open Sans[2]. [1] https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode [2] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans

comment by 0xBE5A · 2019-02-12 · in Ask HN: What fonts do you use most often and why?

Fira Code with ligature support turned on in your editor, or GTFO. LOVE. IT. https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by pmarreck · 2019-01-21 · in Programming Fonts – Test Drive

Fira Code is Fira Mono with coding ligatures: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode I used to prefer Consolas (Inconsolata is a ~clone of Consolas) but the ligatures made me switch.

comment by oneseven · 2019-01-02 · in Courier Prime: It’s Courier, Just Better

Have you tried them in your IDE yet? https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by johnhenry · 2018-12-01 · in Esverify: LiquidHaskell inspired verification for JavaScript

I get that "for free" via programming ligatures: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode Depending on your (irrational) feelings about fonts and typography, this may either be the most amazing advance in coding readability you've ever…

comment by pmarreck · 2018-11-30 · in UTF-7: a ghost from the time before UTF-8

https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by a9entroy · 2018-11-26 · in Errors in Go: From denial to acceptance

Fira Code https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by sammygutierrez · 2018-10-22 · in Ask HN: What is your favorite programming font?

If you code in the console with this : https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode ??? Dunno...

comment by wiz21c · 2018-09-06 · in Kitty – a fast, featureful, GPU based terminal emulator

…purpose-built glyphs. So for example '!=' is rendered as '≠', '=>' as '⇒', '>=' as '≥', etc. See https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode . They do go a bit overboard, IMO.

comment by azernik · 2018-07-11 · in Interrobang

…an increasing number of people trying out Fira Code, which includes a nice set of such ligatures: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by grzm · 2018-07-01 · in Show HN: Ghostwheel – easy spec, side effect detection and tracing for Clojure

…becoming ≠ or => becoming ⇒. (but in a size proportional to the pair of fixed width characters, see https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode ) But then I don't inflict them on anyone but myself and people who look over my shoulder...

comment by reificator · 2018-07-01 · in You don't need ML/AI, you need SQL

…type ┌─ ? It's easier to use a font that renders "regular" keyboard characters as borders, akin to https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by gowld · 2018-06-14 · in Console.table()

Fira Code's nice. Give it a try. https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by sus_007 · 2018-05-07 · in Sublime Text 3.1 Released

…ligatures in common font formats are quite powerful! See e.g. http://www.sansbullshitsans.com/ or https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by daurnimator · 2018-04-06 · in Braille Neue Combines Touchable Braille with Visible Letters

Some people use monospace fonts with ligatures specific to common programming languages: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode is one such example.

comment by __float · 2017-10-06 · in Sublime Text 3 now has font ligature support

…ligatures. I like the zero being a slash as opposed to a dot but the rest is spot on for me. https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode#fira-code-monospaced-font...

comment by baldfat · 2017-09-15 · in Hack – A typeface designed for source code

…Text, but one thing that has really annoyed me is the lack of support for font ligatures. See https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode It's a superficial reason, but I've gotten very used to them in Emacs, IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code and Atom, yes,…

comment by bad_user · 2017-09-13 · in Sublime Text 3.0

…and justifies the use of a special font, which IMO is not really worth it without ligatures. https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by abritinthebay · 2017-09-05 · in 10 most popular coding fonts

…a hyphen (e.g. "->") doesn't work, due to a limitation in the Windows Presentation Framework. :( https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/259

comment by brianberns · 2017-07-21 · in Monospaced Programming Fonts with Ligatures

…Mozilla. Fira Mono doesn't have cool ligatures but it's a good font and works pretty well. [0] : https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/162 [1] : https://github.com/mozilla/Fira

comment by yla92 · 2017-07-21 · in Monospaced Programming Fonts with Ligatures

Here's a font with programming related ligatures: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/blob/master/README.md

comment by grimgrin · 2017-06-25 · in Sans Bullshit Sans: leveraging the synergy of ligatures (2015)

…I'm willing to switch back since I've yet to find an editor as fast and lightweight as Sublime. [1] https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by laurentdc · 2017-06-02 · in Sublime Text build 3133 now available

…down to "Ligation sets" https://be5invis.github.io/Iosevka/ (note that they only show symbols) - https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode - https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig I think people using a programming language with a more math-like…

comment by Noseshine · 2017-04-01 · in Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

This is done by FiraCode fonts: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by viebel · 2017-03-19 · in Show HN: A new way of blogging about Lua

same here. my only gripe is that it seemingly doesn't support firacode ( https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode )

comment by Lapsa · 2017-02-02 · in St – A simple terminal implementation for X

…However I did stumble into Fira Code [1], which has some awesome ligatures for programming! [1]: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode Edit: ouch Operator Mono is $199 and up. I've purchased quality fonts before, but that's well above my…

comment by jdcarter · 2016-12-22 · in My journey from high school to a feature in Forbes (thanks to you)

…[1]. I use it in Vim and IntelliJ, and it looks great with Rust and other functional languages. [1] https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by echelon · 2016-12-22 · in Announcing Rust 1.14

…be against them I think they're rather fun and can make code more readable. [1] see for example https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by sambeau · 2016-11-17 · in Go fonts

I use Fira Code, it has ligatures https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by anotheryou · 2016-11-09 · in Test-Driving a $200 Coding Font: Operator Mono

…there is option to use font with corresponding ligatures baked in, such as Fira Code [0]. [0] https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by myfonj · 2016-10-03 · in Show HN: Ascii to SVG

FiraCode https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/ ;) ... I actually like it.

comment by mcepl · 2016-06-19 · in Space Mono

Fira Code Pro does: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by crummy · 2016-06-17 · in Apple-sans-adjectives – A font that redacts Apple-esque superlatives from text

This is my fav: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by k__ · 2016-05-17 · in Programming Fonts

…edit: switched to Fira Code Light (now that there is a light version) https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by anotheryou · 2016-05-17 · in Mononoki – A Font for Programming and Code Review

What editor do you use? Is it listed as supported here? https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode#editor-support

comment by tonsky · 2015-12-20 · in Fira Code: monospaced font with programming ligatures

You can try this https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Setting-up-Emacs

comment by tonsky · 2015-12-20 · in Fira Code: monospaced font with programming ligatures

Some of these ideas are implemented in fonts like Fira Code https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/ and Hasklig https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig e.g. typing => gives ⇒ Both should be well known to HN readers.

comment by r0muald · 2015-12-04 · in Experiments in Code Typography (2014)

Have you see FiraCode? https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode I find the idea interesting and would love to see more in this direction. It especially makes sense for languages with more obscure operators that are mimicking traditionally…

comment by okbake · 2015-08-30 · in Hack: A typeface designed for source code

…benefits to Clojure (arrows) and even => in JavaScript. EDIT: Looks like FiraCode has ligatures too https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

comment by hieronymusN · 2015-08-29 · in Hack: A typeface designed for source code