Pipe-Bracket and Pipe-Brace ligatures are confusing {| [| |] |}
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Description
Ligatures for pipe-bracket and pipe-brace combination are confusing. They appear to turn the pipe into a square bracket. This is especially pronounced in bold.
What I mean is:
{|looks like:{[[|looks like:[[|}looks like:]}|]looks like:]]
Here are screenshots of the markdown for above:
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the reported {|, [|, |}, and |] ligatures alongside the normal and bold screenshots in the issue. Done means these combinations no longer make the pipe appear to be a square bracket, including in bold.
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Assessment
- Domain
- design
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
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- Stale
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