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by accrual 308 days ago
Pros on cons I suppose. I liked the monospace font and I think it works well for some content, especially shorter form content.

IMO a nice serif font is ideal for long form content though. I remember reading the serifs help guide ones eyes into the next character and create more unique shapes than sans or monospace.
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upofadown 308 days ago
There has been some recent research on this sort of thing. It ends up being whatever you are used to. Everyone used to think serif was better for reading but then everyone started reading a lot of sans on computer screens. So now people think sans is somehow inherently better.

It's the same for mono vs proportional spacing. You are better at reading that which you have the most practice with. Most people are not used to reading monospaced prose even if they have seen a lot of monospaced code.

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nailer 308 days ago
> Most people are not used to reading monospaced prose even if they have seen a lot of monospaced code.

I've noticed that too - I read code all day, but there's something very odd about having conversations (prose) with Claude Code via a terminal window.

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