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Re:Stack Overflow switches to system fonts on May 10, 2021 by tgsovlerkhgsel on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:04PM (#27066181)
From all the common sans-serif fonts I looked at, it's the only one that distinguishes between I and l.
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Re:Stack Overflow switches to system fonts on May 10, 2021 by HDMI_Cable on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:10PM (#27066259)
> I and l

It's even more prescient considering that on my screen, those two letters look exactly the same.

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Re:Stack Overflow switches to system fonts on May 10, 2021 by dubcanada on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:44PM (#27066748)
Raleway does, there is certainly a lot that don't but it's certainly not the only one.

https://fonts.google.com/?preview.text=l%20I&preview.text_ty...

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Re:Stack Overflow switches to system fonts on May 10, 2021 by jraph on Thursday May 06, 2021 @02:51PM (#27067586)
Noto Sans, the default on my system, used on HN, clearly distinguishes them.

How is it good with the pipe? I l | 1

edit: very good. It is also good for 0, O and Ø. It is also very readable. A very good font.

Noto Mono is used for monospace, it has the same qualities. I really recommend this set of fonts.

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Re:Stack Overflow switches to system fonts on May 10, 2021 by noir_lord on Thursday May 06, 2021 @03:41PM (#27068177)
The noto font is the default family on Fedora Cinnamon, it’s a beautiful clear font on everything from 2560 at 14” to 4K@27.

With JuliaMono for programming I’m finally happy with fonts everywhere :).

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