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I was trying to setup Fira Code font on vscode, which supports ligatures.

I came to this page, which states,

Stylistic sets Since version 1.40, you can define stylistic sets in settings.json:

"editor.fontLigatures": "'calt', 'ss01', 'ss02', 'ss03', 'ss04', 'ss05', 'ss06', 'zero', 'onum'"

I tired "editor.fontLigatures": true and ligature works.

But I wonder now, what difference stylistic sets make?

lets_copy
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  • https://www.typography.com/faq/157 -- https://glyphsapp.com/learn/stylistic-sets -- a way to select different glyphs for certain characters across the whole font – rioV8 May 12 '22 at 08:24
  • @rioV8 How can I do that in vscode? Does it do it by default? What difference providing these options make while writing code? – lets_copy May 12 '22 at 09:31
  • Found some help here -> https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/1203 So those stylistic sets are just different representation of a glyph or a character. `Fir Code` offers`zero` without dot inside by default. But if we include `zero` in `fontLigature` zero now becomes dotted, a dot inside zero. – lets_copy May 12 '22 at 09:39
  • Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58965575/vscode-update-to-stylistic-sets-using-font-ligatures-with-fira-code and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60924798/cant-get-firacode-to-show-despite-the-font-installed-and-ligatures-activated-in/60958928?r=SearchResults&s=3|47.8236#60958928. – Mark May 12 '22 at 16:09

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