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Enhanced Font Preview in Settings > Appearance

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#17,519 opened on Jul 4, 2024

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Description

Description of the new feature/enhancement

The current font preview in Settings > Appearance is helpful. However, it would be even better if it included additional lines of text with characters that some fonts render differently, such as ==, ===, !=, !==. This would make it easier to choose a font that supports specific ligatures without having to apply the font and manually check these characters in the profile.

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Locate the font preview component in the settings UI and add the specified characters (==, ===, !=, !==) to the preview text to display ligatures.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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75