Dave Conrad: Oh, I hadn't noticed that. That would be bad, definitely. I got burned years ago debugging something where an O vs. 0 in a string made all the difference. Back then I was using Courier New (shudder). Do you have a suggestion for a better font?

I do have a favorite monospaced font. Consolas!

You find the l/1 near-collision tolerable? I know it's very common but I just can't stand it.

Oh, I hadn't noticed that. That would be bad, definitely. I got burned years ago debugging something where an O vs. 0 in a string made all the difference. Back then I was using Courier New (shudder). Do you have a suggestion for a better font?

I like Fira Code; you can disable the fancy ligatures if they get jarring, but I kind of like them.

I'll check it out!

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