Optional Inter ligatures (->) have disappeared in the composer and timeline

[anoadragon453]

Steps to reproduce

The Inter font that Element makes use of has optional ligatures which transform characters in sequence such as -> visibly into a single right-pointing arrow. e.g.

But recently, no such transformation is occurring for me on Element Desktop 1.11.38. I also tested 1.11.39, but the same behaviour occurs. Instead I see:

This is on NixOS Linux. I have not checked the "Use a system font" in Settings->Appearance->Show Advanced.

Outcome

What did you expect?

Optional ligatures to render in both the composer and timeline.

What happened instead?

They are not rendering in either.

Operating system

NixOS Linux

Application version

Element Desktop 1.11.39

How did you install the app?

From https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/

Homeserver

No response

Will you send logs?

Yes

[anoadragon453]

matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#11202 may be a recent, relevant change.

[t3chguy]

cc @germain-gg as this is likely compound related

[anoadragon453]

The same behaviour occurs on develop, fwiw.