Even if this is lowercase and the dot on the i
differentiates then the l
would still be a dot.
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Vent@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Only if you’re using a bad font that doesn’t differentiate between I and l
mynachmadarch@kbin.social 5 months ago
Vent@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I was assuming it was all uppercase
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Verdana > Tahoma > TNR >>>>> Arial, Calibri
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You gonna leave the hound as the only one unranked? That’s no way to treat a dog 😛
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sans serif fonts are widely considered easier to read.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You can pry the serifs from my cold dead letters
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The fall of the Times New Roman Empire
Vent@lemm.ee 5 months ago
We should follow Calculus’s example and represent all lowercase l’s as ℓ
Or just add serifs to I even in sans serif fonts
IntentionallyAnon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
My chemistry teacher writes Cl (chlorine) as C(whatever symbol you used) so that we don’t think it’s Carbon and Iodine
Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 5 months ago
Proper keming would fix that.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Last I remember, serif fonts were easier to read on physical mediums, and sans was easier on digital mediums. Never learned why though so, grain of salt and all that
Gork@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Fixed-width Serif is the only way to go when doing any sort of coding.
However, Comic Sans is a surprisingly decent alternative if you want to use a Sans Serif typeface. The letters are easily distinguishable.
sus@programming.dev 5 months ago
monospace means the width of the character is the same, but the width of the visible part of the character is usually not