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[-] Vent@lemm.ee 93 points 6 months ago

Only if you're using a bad font that doesn't differentiate between I and l

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 27 points 6 months ago

Fixed-width Serif is the only way to go when doing any sort of coding.

However, Comic Sans is a surprisingly decent alternative if you want to use a Sans Serif typeface. The letters are easily distinguishable.

[-] sus@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

monospace means the width of the "whole" character is always the same, but the width of the visible part of the character is not (imagine how large the dot would have to be for that to work)

...mm.m.

[-] mynachmadarch@kbin.social 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Even if this is lowercase and the dot on the i differentiates then the l would still be a dot.

[-] Vent@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

I was assuming it was all uppercase

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Sans serif fonts are widely considered easier to read.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

You can pry the serifs from my cold dead letters

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

The fall of the Times New Roman Empire

[-] Vent@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

We should follow Calculus's example and represent all lowercase l's as ℓ

Or just add serifs to I even in sans serif fonts

[-] IntentionallyAnon@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

My chemistry teacher writes Cl (chlorine) as C(whatever symbol you used) so that we don’t think it’s Carbon and Iodine

[-] Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 4 points 6 months ago

Proper keming would fix that.

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Last I remember, serif fonts were easier to read on physical mediums, and sans was easier on digital mediums. Never learned why though so, grain of salt and all that

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Verdana > Tahoma > TNR >>>>> Arial, Calibri

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

You gonna leave the hound as the only one unranked? That's no way to treat a dog 😛

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