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minus-squareVent@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoOnly if you’re using a bad font that doesn’t differentiate between I and l
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoFixed-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.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoSans serif fonts are widely considered easier to read.
minus-squareVent@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWe should follow Calculus’s example and represent all lowercase l’s as ℓ Or just add serifs to I even in sans serif fonts
minus-squareIntentionallyAnon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoMy chemistry teacher writes Cl (chlorine) as C(whatever symbol you used) so that we don’t think it’s Carbon and Iodine
Only if you’re using a bad font that doesn’t differentiate between I and l
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.
Sans serif fonts are widely considered easier to read.
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
My chemistry teacher writes Cl (chlorine) as C(whatever symbol you used) so that we don’t think it’s Carbon and Iodine