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kiliman / operator-mono-lig

Add ligatures to Operator Mono similar to Fira Code
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Works with Fira Code 3? #133

Closed MrJmpl3 closed 4 years ago

MrJmpl3 commented 4 years ago

I saw the repo of Fira Code, and saw a new version: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/releases/tag/3

This repo works with Fira Code 3 too?

mskelton commented 4 years ago

This repo is for Operator Mono, not Fira Code. I believe Fira Code includes ligatures already, so you should be good to go.

kiliman commented 4 years ago

I think the confusion comes from people thinking that I simply merged the FiraCode ligatures into Operator Mono, vs creating custom ligatures. This is what tools like Ligaturizer do.

It works, but the results are not optimal as it has to scale the FiraCode ligatures to match the target metrics. Also I don't think the ligatures look as cohesive in a font as distinctive as Operator Mono. That's why all my ligatures are built with existing components. On the other hand though, FiraCode has way more ligatures than I do, so if you need those, then using other tools may be a better option.