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New ligature: ―― (and more)

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Description

Topgrade uses multiple characters to separate sections. It looks like a straight line in multiple fonts but not Fira Code.

See the PR where I tried to change these long dashes to "standard" ones for screenshot examples: https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade/pull/279

Menlo and JetBrains mono both render ―― as a continuous line, so we could start at as low as two.

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Research direction

Start with the referenced Topgrade PR #279 and compare its screenshots of the section separators in Fira Code, Menlo, and JetBrains Mono. The issue proposes a ligature for ―― and possibly longer runs; done would mean the specified dash sequences render as continuous lines without the reported font mismatch.

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design
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
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