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Programming fonts: proportional vs monospaced (nickgravgaard.com)
4 points by shawndumas on Aug 3, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I understand why proportional fonts are better looking, but there is no way in hell I would use anything but monospaced fonts for programming. I often have a set of values assigned across several lines - I want those values to line up perfectly, or it will drive me nuts. When I press the up or down arrow, I want to know exactly where my cursor will end up.




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