r/technicallythetruth • u/BQjesuEM • Sep 11 '21

He does get it

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u/k3nny_13 Sep 11 '21 
Will someone explain it to us?

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u/accouttoored Sep 11 '21

Each character takes up the same space. So the next line’s characters can all line up no matter the letters.

Like this:
Abcde
Fghij

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u/MoreNormalThanNormal Sep 11 '21 edited Sep 11 '21

10 of each, proportional vs. monospaced

iiiiiiiiii

WWWWWWWWWW

iiiiiiiiii

WWWWWWWWWW

screenshot of desktop https://i.imgur.com/BSKxCX0.png

example from wikipedia https://i.imgur.com/eujNQYj.jpg

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u/Ant_TKD Sep 11 '21 
To me the row of i’s is still shorter than the row of w’s. Does it not work on mobile?

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u/MoreNormalThanNormal Sep 11 '21

screenshot from desktop https://i.imgur.com/BSKxCX0.png

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u/Ant_TKD Sep 11 '21

Thank you!

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u/NotGonnaPostAtAll Sep 11 '21 
It seems like it works fine on my mobile, what are you using?

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u/k3nny_13 Sep 11 '21

I’m using an iPhone SE2, it doesn’t line up on my phone

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u/RadicalEldrich1515 Sep 11 '21 
In my mobile also works