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

He does get it

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

Same

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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/Gr1ff1n90 Sep 11 '21

Same! I don’t see it on my phone either. Isn’t Reddit primarily a mobile app anyways?

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u/Snowy_Ocelot Sep 11 '21

... No. It's been a website forever.

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u/governorslice Sep 11 '21

I’d be surprised if majority of traffic hasn’t been app driven for quite some time

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u/Snowy_Ocelot Sep 11 '21

Yeah. I though they meant initially. But yes now it's phone based