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I think the author failed to state the primary issue I have with ligatures: code listing using ligatures tend to be harder for me to read because the symbols ar

I think the author failed to state the primary issue I have with ligatures: code listing using ligatures tend to be harder for me to read because the symbols are unfamiliar to me. I first ran into this issue trying to learn Haskell, where some beginner websites used fonts like Fira Code in their listing. The "weird" operators I saw in the listings were unclear to me. In some cases I simply wasn't sure how to even reproduce the code in my editor. I think it is something I could grow used to and someday perhaps even enjoy, but as a beginner it was a barrier.

WorldMaker 5y ago
In most cases "copy and paste" still just work (unless the code listing was a screenshot, which is a bad idea anyway for teaching code) and you can learn it that way. Also most of the lists of intentionally ligatured operators are pretty small and easy to find reference materials for. For instance Fira Code's big first chart in this section: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode#whats-in-the-box https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode#whats-in-the-box