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Using monospaced when not necessary feels weird, because everything is unnaturally spaced too wide. Some do like the "typewriter" vibe, but in my experience mos
by qalmakka 6y ago
Using monospaced when not necessary feels weird, because everything is unnaturally spaced too wide. Some do like the "typewriter" vibe, but in my experience most do not, and that's why fonts have variable spacing.
That's also why most monospaced fonts (and typewriters) tended to make letters such as 'i' or 'l' larger, not only for clarity, but also to fill up the ugly blank space around them. That's also important due to the fact that a blank space has it's own semantical meaning.
- rob74 6y agoI was only talking about numbers, where this issue only applies to the "1" - all other numbers take up more or less the same space.
- imperistan 6y agoIf you only make numbers monospace they stand out in a big block of text. You break up the ‘texture’, so to speak. Usually the designer doesn’t want that.