Re:Almost monospaced: the perfect fonts for writing
by eru on Monday November 07, 2022 @05:34AM
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> Because why insist in short names and 80 width character limit? Almost everyone have a screen that can fit hundreds of characters per line today.
Yet, books don't work that way, even though we have the technology. Long lines aren't readable. There's a reason newspapers have columns.
See eg https://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_length
Re:Almost monospaced: the perfect fonts for writing
by mmis1000 on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:24PM
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Even without the line length problem, 8 character is unlikely to fit in a meaningful word. And because you need a space between each column, you actually only have 7. And nobody using random abbreviations now.
But a major flaw is that it only works when your cell has less than 8 characters. Or it will go to the wrong stop. Which isn't that common today.
Because why insist in short names and 80 width character limit? Almost everyone have a screen that can fit hundreds of characters per line today.