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)
Last I remember, serif fonts were easier to read on physical mediums, and sans was easier on digital mediums. Never learned why though so, grain of salt and all that
Only if you’re using a bad font that doesn’t differentiate between I and l
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.Even if this is lowercase and the dot on the
idifferentiates then thelwould still be a dot.I was assuming it was all uppercase
Sans serif fonts are widely considered easier to read.
You can pry the serifs from my cold dead letters
The fall of the Times New Roman Empire
We should follow Calculus’s example and represent all lowercase l’s as ℓ
Or just add serifs to I even in sans serif fonts
My chemistry teacher writes Cl (chlorine) as C(whatever symbol you used) so that we don’t think it’s Carbon and Iodine
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Last I remember, serif fonts were easier to read on physical mediums, and sans was easier on digital mediums. Never learned why though so, grain of salt and all that
Verdana > Tahoma > TNR >>>>> Arial, Calibri
You gonna leave the hound as the only one unranked? That’s no way to treat a dog 😛