The code below enables contextual alternates and ligatures but disables them on your `cursor-line` so you don't sacrifice "editability".

MonoidAtom.scss

/*
 * Your Stylesheet
 *
 * This stylesheet is loaded when Atom starts up and is reloaded automatically
 * when it is changed and saved.
 *
 * Add your own CSS or Less to fully customize Atom.
 * If you are unfamiliar with Less, you can read more about it here:
 * http://lesscss.org
 */


/*
 * Examples
 * (To see them, uncomment and save)
 */

 * {
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -webkit-font-feature-settings: "liga" on, "calt" on;
 }

// style the background color of the tree view
.tree-view {
  // background-color: whitesmoke;
}

// style the background and foreground colors on the atom-text-editor-element itself
atom-text-editor {
  // color: white;
  // background-color: hsl(180, 24%, 12%);
	text-rendering:optimizeLegibility
}

// To style other content in the text editor's shadow DOM, use the ::shadow expression
atom-text-editor::shadow .cursor {
  // border-color: red;
}

atom-text-editor::shadow .cursor-line {
  -webkit-font-feature-settings: "liga" off, "calt" off;
}

div.find-and-replace atom-text-editor::shadow .line {
  -webkit-font-feature-settings: "liga" off, "calt" off;
}