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 -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ My public PGP key: http://tinyurl.com/graeme-pgp _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal