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Re:Student Loan Debt Clock by jean- on Saturday February 10, 2018 @09:49AM (#16347495)
Other than the fact that credit card and auto loan numbers are not updating, I like the concept. Not using tabular figures[1] here is really unforgivable, though. Maybe I'm missing a font?

[1]: https://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-3/num...

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Re:Student Loan Debt Clock by eric_h on Saturday February 10, 2018 @11:01AM (#16347834)
I have literally never heard the term 'tabular figures' to refer to a fixed width font.

The font they're using is "Varela Round" which isn't fixed width to begin with; so whether it's missing or not is largely irrelevant.

edit: another comment indicates that tabular numbers can be a feature of even a non fixed width/monospace font. Dunno if Varela Round uses those.

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