Does anyone prefer proportional fonts?
- by Jason Baker
I was reading the wikipedia article on programming style and noticed something in an argument against vertically aligned code:
Reliance on mono-spaced font; tabular
formatting assumes that the editor
uses a fixed-width font. Most modern
code editors support proportional
fonts, and the programmer may prefer
to use a proportional font for
readability.
To be honest, I don't think I've ever met a programmer who preferred a proportional font. Nor can I think of any really good reasons for using them. Why would someone prefer a proportional font?