[fpc-pascal] Underscores in numerical literals - grouping

Graeme Geldenhuys mailinglists at geldenhuys.co.uk
Tue Nov 22 00:42:08 CET 2016


On 2016-11-21 19:06, Sven Barth wrote:
> but also due to the ability to easily compare
> different names simply based on their visual length without having to
> decide whether the difference is due to the name or the different sized
> characters.


And here is an example of the exact problem, but when using a monospaced
font. The spelling error is spotted much easier when using a
proportional font.

View the following URL and search for “Proportional fonts can make it
easier to spot typos.” - it’s about 3/4 down the page.

  http://input.fontbureau.com/info/

Regards,
  Graeme

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