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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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