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Did anyone look at some code in Visual Studio with this font. You'll be surprised how `!=` looks like with this font (C++), it's pretty cool [and I've never se

by degski 7y ago

Did anyone look at some code in Visual Studio with this font. You'll be surprised how `!=` looks like with this font (C++), it's pretty cool [and I've never seen anything like it before]!

guessmyname 7y ago
> You'll be surprised how `!=` looks like with this font […] For anyone curious, you can see it here [1] (check the last character). [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/master/images/cascadia-code-characters.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/ma...
- degski 7y ago
  It looks different from that, let's have the spoiler: it looks like '=/=', but with the equal signs attached and the forward slash just 'on top' of it.
  - auscompgeek 7y ago
    I think you're trying to describe an elongated `≠`?
    - degski 7y ago
      Yip. It also contracts the '==', i.e. they are shown attached as one elongated '='.
  - deleted 7y ago
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- throwaway8941 7y ago
  Not the best decision I think, too much resemblance to the division assignment operator: x /= 10;
  - degski 7y ago
    The last character guessmyname refers to is what '/=' looks like.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
nitinreddy88 7y ago
This is something interesting. Just now tried it in VS and it's pretty cool :)
saagarjha 7y ago
I think the word you’re looking for is “ligature”.
hmsync 7y ago
It's font ligatures, it can be enabled by setting CSS `font-variant-ligatures` property with some fonts, such as "Fira Code" font.
unhammer 7y ago
Someone wants C to look like Haskell? (as always, the Haskell users have taken it quite a bit further: https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig/#hasklig--ligatures-for-code https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig/#hasklig--ligatures-for-code )
- remix2000 7y ago
  What do you mean? Fancy symbols in code look rather APL-ish than Haskell-ish. IIRC, while Haskell lets you use variety of Unicode symbols both as function names and operators, they are not very popular amongst Haskellers.
helb 7y ago
These are called "ligatures". My long-time favorite font, Iosevka, does 'em too: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka#ligations https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka#ligations Another coding font thread from 2017 with some other examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15255523 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15255523

by degski 7y ago

Did anyone look at some code in Visual Studio with this font. You'll be surprised how `!=` looks like with this font (C++), it's pretty cool [and I've never seen anything like it before]!

guessmyname 7y ago

> You'll be surprised how `!=` looks like with this font […] For anyone curious, you can see it here [1] (check the last character). [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/master/images/cascadia-code-characters.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/ma...

degski 7y ago
It looks different from that, let's have the spoiler: it looks like '=/=', but with the equal signs attached and the forward slash just 'on top' of it.
- auscompgeek 7y ago
  I think you're trying to describe an elongated `≠`?
  - degski 7y ago
    Yip. It also contracts the '==', i.e. they are shown attached as one elongated '='.
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]
throwaway8941 7y ago
Not the best decision I think, too much resemblance to the division assignment operator: x /= 10;
- degski 7y ago
  The last character guessmyname refers to is what '/=' looks like.
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]

nitinreddy88 7y ago

This is something interesting. Just now tried it in VS and it's pretty cool :)

saagarjha 7y ago

I think the word you’re looking for is “ligature”.

hmsync 7y ago

It's font ligatures, it can be enabled by setting CSS `font-variant-ligatures` property with some fonts, such as "Fira Code" font.

unhammer 7y ago

Someone wants C to look like Haskell? (as always, the Haskell users have taken it quite a bit further: https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig/#hasklig--ligatures-for-code https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig/#hasklig--ligatures-for-code )

remix2000 7y ago
What do you mean? Fancy symbols in code look rather APL-ish than Haskell-ish. IIRC, while Haskell lets you use variety of Unicode symbols both as function names and operators, they are not very popular amongst Haskellers.

helb 7y ago

These are called "ligatures". My long-time favorite font, Iosevka, does 'em too: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka#ligations https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka#ligations Another coding font thread from 2017 with some other examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15255523 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15255523