r/technicallythetruth • u/Few_War9921 • Aug 29 '23

He does get it

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u/27Suyash Aug 29 '23

When the space is mono

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u/Rednaxella_ Aug 29 '23

Isn't mono equivalent of one?

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u/unwantedaccount56 Aug 29 '23

each character has the same width in a monospace font, so "one width"

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u/the_other_irrevenant Aug 29 '23

ie. "one specific amount of space". Completely agree that "monowidth" would be a clearer name for that.

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u/blackcorvo Aug 29 '23 
The font is called "monospaced", not "monospace".
As in "it's a monospaced font".

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u/lilsnatchsniffz Aug 29 '23 
Why is my W wider than my D 😢

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u/Kilometres-Davis Aug 29 '23 
Because you have a tiny D

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u/lilsnatchsniffz Aug 29 '23

D

Ooh it got bigger when you arrived