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minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up26·6 months agoFixed-width Serif is the only way to go when doing any sort of coding. However, Comic Sans is a surprisingly decent alternative if you want to use a Sans Serif typeface. The letters are easily distinguishable.
minus-squaresus@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-26 months agomonospace means the width of the “whole” character is always the same, but the width of the visible part of the character is not (imagine how large the dot would have to be for that to work) ...mm.m.
Fixed-width Serif is the only way to go when doing any sort of coding.
However, Comic Sans is a surprisingly decent alternative if you want to use a Sans Serif typeface. The letters are easily distinguishable.
monospace means the width of the “whole” character is always the same, but the width of the visible part of the character is not (imagine how large the dot would have to be for that to work)
...mm.m.