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Of course, this whole yak-shaving controversy is due to the initial mistake: monospace fonts for code. Using real typographic fonts, with proportional spacing,
by MaysonL 8y ago
Of course, this whole yak-shaving controversy is due to the initial mistake: monospace fonts for code.
Using real typographic fonts, with proportional spacing, allows for more code per screen (using multiple statements per line in many cases).
- andrewmcwatters 8y ago> real typographic fonts monospaced typefaces are "real", and I would hate to live in a world where someone thought it was a good idea to write software, represented in columns and lines, in anything other than monospaced font
- CJefferson 8y agoWhy? I've always assumed the obsession with monospaced fonts in coding comes from terminals, which are monospaced for traditional reasons. I code in non-monospsaced fonts sometimes. I enjoy it. There are (for me) basically no downsides except occasional other coders wanting things "lined up" vertically, which I don't care about but enforce using a code formatter.