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robert-brown · 2025-10-16
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The best book I know on subject of how to best display computer programs is:
Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs https://www.amazon.com/-/he/Ronald-M-Baecker/dp/0201107457
abecedarius · 2016-06-28
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When Emacs started supporting variable-width fonts well, I tried coding with them for a while. It works fine. I went back to monospace not because I'd been more productive, individually, with it, but because I needed to see my code the way others would see it.
There's a book https://www.amazon.com/Human-Factors-Typography-Readable-Pro... on typography for more readable programs.
Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs https://www.amazon.com/-/he/Ronald-M-Baecker/dp/0201107457