Ligature support

[juanpaulo10]

Hi, I am really impressed with the font for source-code-pro, it is very relaxing and pleasing to the eye. However, I hope there will be support for ligatures from the days to come. Thanks!

[frankrolf]

Is this covered in #96?

[rpbaptist]

That's just an interest check though. As long as it's not implemented this could still be considered an issue.

[pltrz]

I also really hope to see ligatures!

[tucomel]

I also really hope to see ligatures!

There is one fork what already did ligatures, Im was using Fira Code, but migrated now to this new font https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig ;)

[yvvt0379]

But Hasklig is designed for Haskell. However, synbol /= looks like ≠ because in Haskell it means not equal. However, in C and some other languages, it means divide and assign. If you see a ≠ b is written in single line that actually means a = a / b, won't you feel weird?

[yvvt0379]

And requests about ligatures has been existing for years. However, they are still not implemented by now. Are they too difficult to do? Fonts including Fira Code, Monoid, Iosevka, Pragmata Pro and Jetbrains Mono already have them!(and some have non-ligatured variation) I'm now using Jetbrains Mono but I really miss the days with Source Code Pro! 😖

[windless0530]

Eager to see this in some later version.

[pauldhunt]

@windless0530 im asking everyone piling on to please list which ligatures you would find most useful. I’m currently working on an update so would be good to get a clear picture of what all I should implement. thnx.

[jbrodriguez]

@pauldhunt I'm really glad to hear that, being as source code pro is my favorite coding font, except I had to switch because of ligatures

Some of the ones I use almost every minute are ===, !==, =>, <=, ->, <-, :=

In any case, fira code's ligatures could be a reference (for the record, not using fira code right now, i'm using another font with ligatures though)

[rpbaptist]

@pauldhunt Awesome to hear. I'm really looking forward to that.

Some I frequently use in Ruby

== != >= <= :: ->  => || && ||= += -=

And in Elixir: (besides some of the above)

<- |> <>

[yvvt0379]

Or, Jetbrains Mono is also a good choice for reference.

[nbiederbeck]

I really like the arbitrary-long combinative arrows from Fira Code, e.g.

Besides arrows, this make nice lines in e.g. progressbars or underlines

[amendgit]

+1， really want this happen.

[TheUnknownMystery]

any updates? about the font ligatures?

[pauldhunt]

I had begun on an update to Source Code last year, but have since picked up some additional projects. Coding ligatures are on my list for the next release, but unfortunately that probably won’t happen as soon as we would like.

[TheUnknownMystery]

Appreciate the response mate!

[Kekun]

@windless0530 im asking everyone piling on to please list which ligatures you would find most useful. I’m currently working on an update so would be good to get a clear picture of what all I should implement. thnx.

I personnaly use the ones for C a lot: -> || && ++ -- |= &= += -= *= /= !! /* */ //…

[NKjoep]

That sounds great!

I'd add to this list: != !== => <= ===

[yvvt0379]

Also, </ /> <!-- --> can be put into consideration.

[KeqiZeng]

I also expect ligature support!