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		transfire on Aug 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Font with Built-In Syntax Highlighting That this can even be done is absolutely atrocious. I heard about security issues related to fonts and wondered “how in the world”. This helps clarify why. It simply should not be possible.

peebeebee on Aug 15, 2024 [–]

Why not? Isn’t it just a smart implementation of ligatures?

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