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This is not a monospaced font used for code: > also called non-proportional font, is a font whose letters and characters each occupy the same amount of horizon
by sradman 6y ago
This is not a monospaced font used for code:
> also called non-proportional font, is a font whose letters and characters each occupy the same amount of horizontal space
instead, it preserves the width if you apply a weight like BOLD:
> Uniwidth typefaces, on the other hand, are proportionally-spaced typefaces, but every character occupies the same space across different cuts or weights.
This allows visual cues other than color in interactive text such as the :hover CSS pseudo-class.
- Naac 6y ago"Monospace typefaces give each letter the same width" "Uniwidth typefaces preserve the width across different weights ( Bold, etc. ) although each letter may not necessarily be the same width." I feel like the above short summary should have been more easily visible in the article. From skimming the article I couldn't figure out exactly what Uniwidth typefaces were.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- dandelany 6y agoIt’s literally the 3rd and 4th paragraphs, in bold, with examples.
- underwater 6y agoThe name uniwidth is pretty unfortunate, considering both uni/mono and width/space sounds like they should be synonymous.