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[–] 93 points 2 years ago (13 children)

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

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Sans serif fonts are widely considered easier to read.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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

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