Per-language font family

[chriskrycho]

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Is your feature request related to a problem?

I like a fairly different environment for writing plain text/Markdown/etc. as a document than I do for writing Rust/TypeScript etc. In Code and especially Sublime, I am able to tweak things on a per-"language" basis so that I can have a really finely-tuned writing environment that centers the text in the buffer, removes line numbers, and changes both the font and font size; while also maintaining

Describe the solution you'd like

Per-language buffer settings in general, including some settings I don't yet see at all like centering the text in the buffer, turning on/off line numbers, and enabling/disabling ligatures on a per-language basis.

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[Erlendms]

I'd love this! Like, I feel this should work:

Alternative A

"languages": {
    "Markdown": {
      "buffer_font_family": "SM Nice Non-Mono Font",
    }
  }

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As a stopgap, Alternative B could be to render plain text/Markdown/Etc. using "ui_font_family" instead of "buffer_font_family", or have something like this work, as

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Alternative C:

"languages": {
    "Markdown": {
      "use_ui_font_family": "true",
    }
  }