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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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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago

    here i did the numbers 0-9

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

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

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Pixar lamp. Enough said.

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

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

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

    Guess it’s upper case then.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    But upper case i is not a dot?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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

    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.

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

    Who does a lowercase j with a line?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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