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On a related note, does anyone know of any studies of monospace vs. proportional fonts on reading speed/comprehension? I can find a number of examples for reading on older, low-DPI computer screens, but not much for high DPI screens or high-resolution print.

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You make an interesting point. Small observation: Traditionally, even the monospaced fonts from the 70s-90s on terminals and older machines, were of the kerned variety (serif-like appearance).

If you kern a monospace font it's no longer monospace (fixed width), so that seems unlikely. Maybe you mean something else?

Yes, I wanted to say "stroked", as in:

>> even the monospaced fonts from the 70s-90s on terminals and older machines, were of the stroked variety (serif-like appearance)

Good catch.

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