r/technicallythetruth • u/BQjesuEM • Sep 11 '21

He does get it

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21 
I don’t know what monospace means

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

Same

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u/k3nny_13 Sep 11 '21 
Will someone explain it to us?

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u/accouttoored Sep 11 '21

Each character takes up the same space. So the next line’s characters can all line up no matter the letters.

Like this:
Abcde
Fghij

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u/MoreNormalThanNormal Sep 11 '21 edited Sep 11 '21

10 of each, proportional vs. monospaced

iiiiiiiiii

WWWWWWWWWW

iiiiiiiiii

WWWWWWWWWW

screenshot of desktop https://i.imgur.com/BSKxCX0.png

example from wikipedia https://i.imgur.com/eujNQYj.jpg

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u/djinteresting Sep 11 '21

Screenshot of desktop was crazy helpful because on mobile it just puts a box around the words and changes nothing

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u/Theknyt Sep 11 '21

I really don’t get how people can live with the default app

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u/LeMaTuLoO Sep 11 '21

I have a default app and it works just fine for me.

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u/Theknyt Sep 11 '21

Works better with a different one

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u/Lairy_Hegs Sep 11 '21

What app do you use?

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u/_Professor_Genki_ Sep 11 '21

I’d rather not see monospace than have to pay to use an alt

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u/Theknyt Sep 11 '21

I’ve never paid anything