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>This is neat, but why would you want to read books in a monospaced font? You might be surprised. For example, Chinese and Japanese very commonly use monospace
by Dalewyn 4y ago
>This is neat, but why would you want to read books in a monospaced font?
You might be surprised. For example, Chinese and Japanese very commonly use monospaced fonts.
On a less pedantic note, personally I find monospaced fonts slightly easier to see and read. Everything is uniform and organized, which makes eye movements simpler and easier.
- stefncb 4y agoTo be fair, writing systems like those have much more uniform characters. They don't have these immense width differences like with i and m.
- messe 4y ago> Everything is uniform and organized, which makes eye movements simpler and easier. Unless you’re reading one letter at a time, consciously moving your eyes from one to the next, I’m struggling to see how that would be the case.
- claudionaoto 4y agoChinese and Japanese characters have many details. In low resolution (like old terminals) they are almost illegible.