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> Almost monospaced: the perfect fonts for writing

The article doesn’t use the font it is extolling the virtues of, except for illustration. I found that interesting.

Also, there is something that gets under my skin about using anything other than monospaced to write code, as was one of the demo’s. I would genuinely be fine with writing code in a monospaced Arial or Times, but even courier-semispaced makes me shiver inexplicably.

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> The article doesn’t use the font it is extolling the virtues of, except for illustration. I found that interesting.

I do use them for writing and coding.

Don’t misread what I am saying: I am not judging you for finding something that works for you, or attacking you for sharing.

I’m bummed out to see an article about “a perfect font”, especially being a monospaced one (or nearly), but that does not use said font throughout. I was sort of hoping to be immersed in this font for awhile, but wasn’t.

I use fira+ligatures. I am a monospacer too.

I think the point of the article is that monospaced fonts, or near-monospaced, are good for production (writing), though arguably proportional fonts are better for consumption (reading).

Yeah this is my anecdotal take. Haven’t looked at studies on this, if they exist, but in my experience, reading monospaced fonts for several paragraphs is tiring.

I must be misunderstanding your meaning, what forms of writing don’t also require reading in the form of rereading?

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