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Why would you want ligatures? I would prefer to see text as it actually is, not combining multiple characters into one. I can't trust what I am seeing if I know
by executesorder66 2y ago
Why would you want ligatures? I would prefer to see text as it actually is, not combining multiple characters into one. I can't trust what I am seeing if I know the text might be something it is not.
- alpaca128 2y agoSome writing systems like the Arabic script require ligatures for correct text rendering. I think supporting the third most widely used language worldwide is reasonable. Also ligatures are optional, you aren't affected if you don't like the feature.
- executesorder66 2y agoI was not aware of that, thank you. I guess I'm surprised that such a crucial feature isn't standard in everything if you can't even properly display a common language like Arabic without it.
- eviks 2y agoThink you can still trust what you're seeing because the char width is different, so it's not hard to differentiate Some prefer text to be seen as it was meant to be, so that === ugliness that can't be fixed at the source due to bad unicode support can at least be fixed at the output