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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 β„“

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 πŸ˜›

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago

They actually did different widths at the start, very impressive. But that tapered off, the W should be much wider.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

And M a bit.

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

W for WUMBO

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 31 points 6 months ago

here i did the numbers 0-9

β€” - β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”

[-] Ten_Pound_Dump@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago
[-] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Forget the front, what the hell is that kerning man

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 13 points 6 months ago

Pixar lamp. Enough said.

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 10 points 6 months ago

Why is l not a dot? I assume this is lower case

[-] giantfloppycock@lemm.ee 21 points 6 months ago

Guess it’s upper case then.

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

But upper case i is not a dot?

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 21 points 6 months ago

Uppercase I is often drawn without serifs, in which case it would be a dot.

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago

Uppercase I is often drawn without serifs

I have always thought that's a officially wrong way to write the letter. You can't even distinct it from lower case l.

[-] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 months ago
[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

And yet it's used in fonts like Arial.

[-] Tixanou@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

looks like it's uppercase

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Uppercase L

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Who does a lowercase j with a line?

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

it's uppercase, also j is still more wide than i

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago
[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 months ago

either both uppercase or both lowercase it doesn't matter J and j are both more wide than I and i

[-] Maven@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

This doesn't specify the font. It could be an uppercase I in a font that doesn't use the top and bottom lines.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago
[-] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

There! In the spine of the dictionary the words are worthless. They are a mere weight pressing against my thoughtlessness.

[-] cuck4mai@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 6 months ago
[-] hypertown@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
[-] StaySquared@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

So the I is lower case, but not the J?

[-] Maven@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 months ago

It could be uppercase. This doesn't specify the font used.

[-] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

J is in lower case too, the line on the right of the i is shorter than the others.

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