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Muhammad Ibrahim Umar
Muhammad Ibrahim Umar

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Installing Fira Code on Github Codespaces.

#github #webdev #programming #codenewbie

Before you get confuse about what fira code is, let me explain.
Fira Code is a free monospaced font containing ligatures for common programming multi-character combinations.
If you are still not okay with this explanation, you can check out Fira Code on Github.

Step 0 - Installing the font.

Open your terminal and paste this command

sudo apt install fonts-firacode
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command oputput

Step 1 - Font Configuration. [Making it active]

  • click on the gear icon at the bottom left corner.
  • Click Settings
  • Search for ligatures on the search bar
  • Click edit settings.json. then finally, copy and paste this in your settings.json file 
"editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code",
"editor.fontLigatures": true,
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And that's it.
Congratulations for making it to the end👏👏🎉🎊

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