On Jul 22, 10:05 pm, Michiel Overtoom <mot...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Jul 22, 2011, at 12:23, Thomas Jollans wrote: > > > On 22/07/11 10:11, Thomas Rachel wrote: > >> Am 22.07.2011 00:45 schrieb Terry Reedy: > > >>> Whether or not they are intended, the rationale is that lining up does > >>> not work with proportional fonts. > > >> Who on earth would use proportional fonts in programming?! > > > Why not? > > Indeed. Since Windows95 I always use a proportional font for programming: > > http://www.michielovertoom.com/incoming/comic-sans-python.jpg > > It's so elegant and gives aesthetic pleasure to look at. > > Greetings, > > -- > "If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn." - > Ayn Rand
Also it is more optimized. For the same size -- and therefore readability -- a proportional font packs in more text. I also find it all the more surprising that python programmers argue against proportional fonts, given that python is one of the odd languages that gives semantic significance to white space. I dont use proportional fonts because the tools are broken. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list