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I quite like the 'l' here. It solves the conundrum of how to differentiate the 'l' and '1' quite nicely.

I've so far stuck with Courier for monospace work (coding, console, etc), as I find sans-serif fonts hard to read (this is also why I don't use web fonts). I'll give this one a go for while and see how I get on.



The '1' vs 'l' point is a good one...

For many years, I used non-antialiased 9 point Courier New in Windows. This is an ugly font at most other point sizes, but at 9 points it is strangely attractive, and perfectly functional - except for '1' and 'l' being pixel-for-pixel identical. Oh, and '0' and 'O' too...

The experience appears to have left me unconcerned about such minor quibbles as being able to tell one glyph from another ;) (OK, so perhaps if '+' and '-' looked the same, I'd have an issue with that.)

Nevertheless, I stand by my "vile" comment. I mean... c'mon. Just look at it. What is this, Comic Sans? It's practically an offence against nature.




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