Ligature malfunction

[FernandoB5757]

Type: Bug

I have installed 3 types of fonts to be able to use ligatures, I have enabled the ligatures, and restarted visual studio code multiple times, but still the ligatures do not show up.

VS Code version: Code 1.72.0 (64bbfbf67ada9953918d72e1df2f4d8e537d340e, 2022-10-04T23:20:39.912Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621 Modes: Sandboxed: No

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[IllusionMH]

/needsMoreInfo

What exact fonts have you installed? What are your actual settings related to font and ligatures? Which combinations you are trying?

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[FernandoB5757]

I have Fira Code, JetBrains Mono and Cascadia Code installed. These are my settings in settings.json: { "editor.fontFamily": "Jetbrains Mono", "editor.fontLigatures": true } I have tried putting the 3 fonts together, or separately each one of them. The problem is that when I installed them it worked, but when I closed visual, and opened it again the ligatures disappeared.

[ArturoDent]

For Fira Code at least you need more info in your settings about which "stylistic sets' you want, see for example: https://stackoverflow.com/q/58965575/836330

So you might end up with something like this

  "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code",  
  "editor.fontLigatures":"'zero', 'ss02', 'ss03', 'ss04', 'ss05', 'calt'",

The stylistic sets available are listed at the Fira Code download pages.

[alexdima]

@FernandoB5757 Have you tried uninstalling the fonts, restarting the machine and then reinstalling the fonts? I've noticed that sometimes fonts don't get picked up on Windows until a restart.

[FernandoB5757]

For Fira Code at least you need more info in your settings about which "stylistic sets' you want, see for example: https://stackoverflow.com/q/58965575/836330

So you might end up with something like this

  "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code",  
  "editor.fontLigatures":"'zero', 'ss02', 'ss03', 'ss04', 'ss05', 'calt'",

The stylistic sets available are listed at the Fira Code download pages.

I tried, I reinstalled the font, and I put that configuration, and it didn't work. I'm starting to think it's a Windows 11 bug.

[ArturoDent]

I am on Windows 11. Did you reboot Windows after installing Fira Code, and check to see what exactly that font is called in your Fonts app. You did precisely follow the Fira Code installation instructions at https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Installing#windows ?

[FernandoB5757]

@ArturoDent, I uninstalled the font, and installed it following the instructions, I restarted my device and it didn't work, I already checked my fonts in my control panel and it is installed, even in word the font appears. It also happens that in the vs console, they have a different font:

[IllusionMH]

Terminal one looks like generic fallback to Times New Roman. Are you sure font named "Fira Code" and not like "Fira Code Retina" in your case?

You can test in browser by changing font-face property in DevTools. And by checking exact name in Windows Settings for Fonts

[FernandoB5757]

I solved the problem, I installed the font for all users and it worked. Thanks to all.