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Re: Fixed font width


  • Subject: Re: Fixed font width
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:00:08 -0700

On Jun 6, 2012, at 7:46 AM, Ken Thomases wrote:

> First, perhaps you just want to use a fixed-width font instead of setting a fixed width on a non-fixed-width font.

That's almost always the best way to go. Forcing a proportional font to use fixed character widths generally looks really ugly. Fixed-width fonts like Courier or Menlo may not look as pretty as proportional fonts, but they were at least designed to look reasonable with those character widths.

—Jens
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