The second comment on the post: Of course proportional fonts can be read faster. That's not the point. Programming uses lots of non-standard glyphs, has meanin

The second comment on the post: Of course proportional fonts can be read faster. That's not the point. Programming uses lots of non-standard glyphs, has meaningful syntax (eg. parens, brackets), and often meaningful whitespace. You can real _words_ faster in proportional font, but (arguably) not _code_. I agree completely.