Comment by chilie

2 years ago

Am I alone in disliking ligatures? I want a font that displays the characters I type in exactly the form I type them. I really don't see the appeal.

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neilpanchal  2 years ago

We talked about ligatures in-depth in BT-001 bulletin: https://berkeleygraphics.com/public-affairs/bulletins/BT-001...

In short, we think 1 keypress = 1 symbol printed on the screen. That explicitness brings peace. But, we also think that ligatures are optional and many people like them (read about all the pros and cons in the link above).

That makes everyone happy.

  • epgui  2 years ago

    > and many people like them

    I love them and can barely tolerate not having them. These ligatures of yours filled my heart with joy. Thank you!

nbk_2000  2 years ago

You are not alone. While I can imagine a feasible use for some very commonly used glyph combinations being made a ligature, I just really prefer the one glyph per key press presentation (kerning them well OTOH is always greatly appreciated). Unicode in text editors still bugs me in that way, in the back of my mind I know that pretty non-ASCII character is taking up more than a byte, and it's... distracting.

amake  2 years ago

Then don't use them. They are always optional, and in fact usually require opt-in via editor settings.