Re:Ask HN: Anyone using proportional fonts for coding?
by mrunseen on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:24AM
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m, M, w, W, %, @ and i, l, ! (and so on) are the letters that create a challenge (or a room for creativity/individuality) ad they are so wide or so narrow. Wide letters often get cramped as they need to share se witdh as narrower letters. iA thought they could just modify those “extreme” glyphs to increase legibility (and readability)
Re:Ask HN: Anyone using proportional fonts for coding?
by firewolf34 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:32PM
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Clearly, the letters are badly designed. Latin writing system was not invented with coding in mind.
Perhaps we can design a new character system script specifically designed for ease of programming! I say we use Aurebesh. :)
And, they say, programmers use monospace fonts because it helps them catch typos. In reality, variable glyph widths make it easier to identify typos.