[Bug 209627] [NEW PORT] x11-fonts/firacode: monospace font with programming ligatures

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=209627

--- Comment #2 from Dave Cottlehuber <dch at skunkwerks.at> ---
sure: it has ligatures specifically designed for programmers, where 2 keystroke
pairs like <= && || -> <- != are used for 1 specific glyph or meaning.

This font increases editor & terminal readability dramatically, especially if
you use functional programming languages like erlang, elixir, haskell, ocaml,
clojure, scala etc where these symbols crop up frequently.

it makes most sense when seen pictorially:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tonsky/FiraCode/master/showcases/all_ligatures.png

which compares firacode (with ligatures) and fira mono (the X11/fira version
without ligatures).

fira-webfont: https://i.imgur.com/hZNSTHA.png many different weights and styles
specifically for browsers and not for console use, & has no no ligatures.

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