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- Vent @lemm.ee13
Only if you're using a bad font that doesn't differentiate between I and l
92 0 Reply- Gork @lemm.ee1
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.
27 0 Reply- sus @programming.dev
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.
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- mynachmadarch @kbin.social1
Even if this is lowercase and the dot on the
i
differentiates then thel
would still be a dot.9 0 Reply- Vent @lemm.ee
I was assuming it was all uppercase
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- disguy_ovahea @lemmy.world6
Sans serif fonts are widely considered easier to read.
8 0 Reply- HeyThisIsntTheYMCA @lemmy.world1
You can pry the serifs from my cold dead letters
12 0 Reply- disguy_ovahea @lemmy.world
The fall of the Times New Roman Empire
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- Vent @lemm.ee2
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
5 0 Reply- IntentionallyAnon @lemm.ee1
My chemistry teacher writes Cl (chlorine) as C(whatever symbol you used) so that we don’t think it’s Carbon and Iodine
4 0 Reply- Xephonian @retrolemmy.com
Proper keming would fix that.
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- PeriodicallyPedantic @lemmy.ca
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
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- BlanketsWithSmallpox @lemmy.world1
Verdana > Tahoma > TNR >>>>> Arial, Calibri
7 0 Reply- Viking_Hippie @lemmy.world
You gonna leave the hound as the only one unranked? That's no way to treat a dog 😛
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