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Re:Input: Customisable Fonts for Code by mekkkkkk on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:05AM (#26646727)
I use the non-monospaced version (Input Sans) in every editor I work with. A lot of you might consider it heresy to do so, but I would highly recommend you to try out. Unless you are trying to align tokens on the same line with spaces or create ASCII art, it doesn't interfere. And the readability is massively improved.
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Re:Input: Customisable Fonts for Code by nerdponx on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:21AM (#26646906)
I'll only consider using a non-monospaced font for code if elastic tabstops [0] become commonplace.

[0]: https://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/

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Re:Input: Customisable Fonts for Code by mekkkkkk on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:21AM (#26647675)
Fair enough. I suppose it depends on your language and coding style. If you want/need to align arguments with start parenthesis for example, you'll have a bad time with variable width fonts for sure.
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