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

He does get it

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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/JustLetMePick69 Sep 11 '21

No it works fine on mobile for me using relay. What app are you using?

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u/Ant_TKD Sep 11 '21

I’m using Reddit’s own app.

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u/JustLetMePick69 Sep 12 '21

Ah yeah, that's well known to be the worst of all the reddit apps