diff --git a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
index 72b367cc0..298d55b84 100644
--- a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
+++ b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from typing import (
 
 import termios
 from kitty.boss import Boss
+from kitty.fonts import FontFeature
 from kitty.fonts.render import FontObject
 from kitty.options_stub import Options
 
@@ -886,7 +887,7 @@ def set_font_data(
     descriptor_for_idx: Callable[[int], Tuple[FontObject, bool, bool]],
     bold: int, italic: int, bold_italic: int, num_symbol_fonts: int,
     symbol_maps: Tuple[Tuple[int, int, int], ...], font_sz_in_pts: float,
-    font_feature_settings: Dict[str, Tuple[str, ...]]
+    font_feature_settings: Dict[str, Tuple[FontFeature, ...]]
 ) -> None:
     pass
 
diff --git a/kitty/fonts/__init__.py b/kitty/fonts/__init__.py
index 414860ef6..a1fd16270 100644
--- a/kitty/fonts/__init__.py
+++ b/kitty/fonts/__init__.py
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ class ListedFont(TypedDict):
     is_monospace: bool
 
 
-class FontFeature(str):
+class FontFeature:
 
-    def __new__(cls, name: str, parsed: bytes) -> 'FontFeature':
-        ans: FontFeature = str.__new__(cls, name)
-        ans.parsed = parsed  # type: ignore
-        return ans
+    __slots__ = 'name', 'parsed'
+
+    def __init__(self, name: str, parsed: bytes):
+        self.name = name
+        self.parsed = parsed
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return repr(self.name)
diff --git a/kitty/fonts/core_text.py b/kitty/fonts/core_text.py
index 705caa1d5..f33f2ce17 100644
--- a/kitty/fonts/core_text.py
+++ b/kitty/fonts/core_text.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import re
 from typing import Dict, Generator, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from kitty.fast_data_types import coretext_all_fonts
+from kitty.fonts import FontFeature
 from kitty.options_stub import Options
 from kitty.typing import CoreTextFont
 from kitty.utils import log_error
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ def list_fonts() -> Generator[ListedFont, None, None]:
             yield {'family': f, 'full_name': fn, 'postscript_name': fd['postscript_name'] or '', 'is_monospace': is_mono}
 
 
-def find_font_features(postscript_name: str) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
+def find_font_features(postscript_name: str) -> Tuple[FontFeature, ...]:
     """Not Implemented"""
     return ()
 
diff --git a/kitty/fonts/fontconfig.py b/kitty/fonts/fontconfig.py
index 619340232..cd85f514c 100644
--- a/kitty/fonts/fontconfig.py
+++ b/kitty/fonts/fontconfig.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def fc_match(family: str, bold: bool, italic: bool, spacing: int = FC_MONO) -> F
     return fc_match_impl(family, bold, italic, spacing)
 
 
-def find_font_features(postscript_name: str) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
+def find_font_features(postscript_name: str) -> Tuple[FontFeature, ...]:
     pat = fc_match_postscript_name(postscript_name)
 
     if pat.get('postscript_name') != postscript_name or 'fontfeatures' not in pat:
diff --git a/kitty/options_stub.py b/kitty/options_stub.py
index 6ed5e9d81..5e9f40c46 100644
--- a/kitty/options_stub.py
+++ b/kitty/options_stub.py
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ def generate_stub():
         all_options,
         special_types={
             'symbol_map': 'typing.Dict[typing.Tuple[int, int], str]',
-            'font_features': 'typing.Dict[str, typing.Tuple[str, ...]]'
+            'font_features': 'typing.Dict[str, typing.Tuple[FontFeature, ...]]'
         },
         preamble_lines=(
             'from kitty.types import SingleKey',
             'from kitty.config import KeyAction, KeyMap, SequenceMap, MouseMap',
+            'from kitty.fonts import FontFeature',
         ),
         extra_fields=(
             ('keymap', 'KeyMap'),