Merge branch 'vnext' of https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs into vnext

Author: ntrogh

docs/terminal/appearance.md

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 "terminal.integrated.minimumContrastRatio": 1
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+## Ligatures
+
+Terminal ligatures which allow rendering multiple character as one can be turned on with the `setting(terminal.integrated.fontLigatures)` setting. This feature requires the configured `setting(terminal.integrated.fontFamily)` to also support ligatures.
+
+![Enabling ligatures will combine certain sets of characters into one, for example >= into the greater than or equals sign](images/appearance/ligatures.png)
+
 ## GPU acceleration
 
 The terminal features two different renderers, each of which have different trade offs: