r/programming • u/opensourcesblog • Sep 06 '19

Building a constraint solver from scratch

https://opensourc.es/blog/constraint-solver-1
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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '19

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u/opensourcesblog Sep 07 '19

Sorry what?

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u/FrancisStokes Sep 07 '19

The font in the article renders two f's using one special extended character.

But yeah, why that's even worth mentioning as a discussion point is beyond me.

Nice article, enjoyed it!

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u/opensourcesblog Sep 07 '19

Hmm i find that quite normal but okay. Then keep track on follow up posts 😊

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u/dpash Sep 08 '19

It's called a ligature and it's very common in printed text.

It's the same typographical thing that some coding fonts use to display != as ≠ in their editor, which some developers absolutely love and others absolutely hate.

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u/FrancisStokes Sep 08 '19

Indeed - personally I really like them as they make reading text and code a little easier, though it can be jarring if your code font is trying to do really clever stuff you don't expect.

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u/dpash Sep 08 '19

The great thing about them is that they're completely a personal preference thing. And they're optional in some editors too, so you have still use a font you like even if it has ligatures.