diff --git a/src/app.css b/src/app.css
index 835e266fad..81f4293f9f 100644
--- a/src/app.css
+++ b/src/app.css
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 html {
 	word-break: break-word;
+	font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;
 	/* font-size scales the entire document via the same UI control */
 	font-size: calc(1rem * var(--app-text-scale, 1));
 }