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Glyph request: `_|`, `|_`

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Description

I'm writing a Geometric Algebra calculator app. A common operation there is called the left contraction and is written as $\rfloor$ (Unicode: Right Floor ).

I'm wondering if you could define a ligature _| (underscore - pipe) which would look similar to the ligature for -| but with the horizontal bar pushed down to the bottom. That way I could use it as said operator and it would be still generic enough to be used in other places as well.

The same would hold for |_, which would look similar to |-.

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The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating the existing -| and |- ligature definitions in the FiraCode font sources and compare their rendering with the requested _| and |_ forms. Done means both new ligatures render with the horizontal bar at the bottom and preserve the requested generic appearance.

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design
Issue type
Feature
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4/5
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