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monospaced type

/ ˈmɒnəʊˌspeɪst /

noun

  1. computing a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Monospaced type gives you text that looks "loose" and uneven; there's a lot of white space between characters and words, so it's more difficult to spot the spaces between sentences immediately.

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The problem with typewriters was that they used monospaced type—that is, every character occupied an equal amount of horizontal space.

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