Alternative to FiraCode for coding purposes [closed]

Question

I've looked for improving my coding experience and read blogs about ligatures like this one. While interesting as a concept, all the resources I've found are about FiraCode. The impression I've got is that it's de facto standard and virtually the only font available for ligaturing in coding context.

The problem is that I find it a bit unpleasant for the eyes. It's tightened up compared to my beloved Consolas. Probably, what's so appealing is the monospace style of it, which doesn't need to collide with the ligatures. I'd like to see an extension to Consolas (or similar) that substitutes all the characters for ligatures only on the arrows, comparers etc.

Is there such a thing or did I google it right, not finding jack?

Answer 1

1. Download this file https://github.com/somq/consolas-ligaturized/blob/master/Consolas-FiraCode_v2/Consolasligaturizedv2.ttf?raw=true
2. Double Click on the file and press "Install"(Windows) or "Install Font"(Mac)
3. In your fonts folder it will appear as "Consolas Ligaturized Regular"
4. Change the font family in VSCode to "Consolas Ligaturized Regular" if you are using Windows, "Consolas Ligaturized" is sufficent if you are using Mac

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Mac

5. Turn on Ligatures

Result

Update 20/07/01

Fixed broken link. Thanks MountainDrew for pointing out

Answer 2

I recently looked for a change; so I looked around and found some interesting fonts for developers (fonts support ligatures). I just link them:

1. IOSEVKA
2. MONOID
3. HASKLIG
4. JetBrains MONO

For more information please refer to each provided link or just simply search for the font name.