Intellij Turning Characters into actual Symbols

Question

I noticed with the new IntelliJ update, that it turns symbols like >= into the actual math greater than or equal to sign, along with arrows (->) and things like that. How do i turn this feature off and just get the raw characters.

Thank you

Answer 1

It seems like whatever font you are using supports ligatures, and IntelliJ is set to render them too.

To change the settings, first go to "File > Settings" and then select "Editor > Font" tab:

Either:

• select a font that doesn't have ligatures, or;
• uncheck "Enable font ligatures"