Ligature for 8<

it is common to have this scissor-like notation 8< in mailing lists and files to indicate a section that should be "cut" and used elsewhere. I have see in in the context of showing code blocks in emails and on Github [example]

This is how it is commonly used:

--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
some code here
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---

I have also seen it with space surrounding it

-- 8< ---------------cut here---------------end--------------- >8 ---
some code here
-- 8< ---------------cut here---------------start------------- >8 ---

My suggestion ligature is a simple scissor. I will try to come up with a mockup.

I propose this:

It has the same width and height of a Fira Mono.

The cut-ligature-proposal.svg

Start with the issue’s cut-ligature examples and the linked cut-ligature-proposal.svg, then inspect the repository’s existing ligature definitions and font-build entry points. Done means the proposed 8< and >8 notation renders as a scissor ligature with the stated Fira Mono dimensions and works in both spacing variants.