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Re: Programmer font

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From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
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Den <dncarac@yahoo.com> writes:

> As we all know, python  uses underlines and double underlines as
> significant characters.  But fonts, including programmers' fonts,
> generally design underlines to run together.

Operating systems where programmers get to make decisions generally
don't have this problem :-) Using GNOME on Debian, the default Monospace
font has underscores which show as distinct characters separated by a
small gap.

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Programmer font Den <dncarac@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-05 16:34 -0700
  Re: Programmer font Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-06 09:57 +1000
    Re: Programmer font James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au> - 2011-06-06 10:39 +1000

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