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Re:The beauty of a text only webpage by tyleo on Friday August 15, 2025 @01:03PM (#44914797)
I suspect they use this for two things:

1. Monospace which helps with formatting

2. Availability: I don’t think there are a whole lot of built-in monospace fonts

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Re:The beauty of a text only webpage by troupo on Friday August 15, 2025 @05:14PM (#44917328)
You don't need monospace for formatting.

And there are a few options for system fonts: https://iainbean.com/posts/2021/system-fonts-dont-have-to-be...

Boom, you got yourself a text-mostly website with no monospace: https://dmitriid.com/hypermedia-is-a-property-of-the-client (with an option for images of course https://dmitriid.com/romania-2023)

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