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Probably a silly question, but can't we just generate ttf files from this so that you can use it in any windows editor?

I think the relevant issue is whether the editor can render the OpenType ligatures (well, contextual alternates) contained in the font.

You _could_ convert to .ttf, changing the curves to TrueType-style quadratics, but they'd still have to have the OpenType substitution tables for the "ligatures" to work, and I don't think that would really improve compatibility much, if at all.

Are there any problems with installing otf on windows? I installed and used them just fine

See I knew it was a silly question :) A few minutes ago I converted the otf files to ttf using font forge. That appeared to work, but it seems the ligatures are gone. On top of that the ttf version of the font did not show up as a monospaced font in my code editor. I might have done something wrong though as I only dabble a bit with font forge.

Then I just did what you suggested, install the otf instead (d'oh) Now the fonts do show up as monospaced font. But my editor does not display the ligatures. But at least it is usable.

What editor do you use? Is it listed as supported here? https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode#editor-support

No, it is an editor called "the hammer" [1]. As it is I am one of the developers of that editor. It is rather specialized and targets the programming language DataFlex. The editing component is based on the codemax component. While I have access to all the code, I'm not sure on how-to add ligatures support.

[1] http://vdf-guidance.com/The_Hammer.asp?Page=THEHAMMER

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