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		mishoo on Nov 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Learn Git Branching Nicely done, but Courier is the ugliest font on Earth (I don't have Monaco). For the sake of humanity, never write "Courier" in a CSS file. ;-)

hadrien01 on Nov 22, 2018 [–]

Yes, I really don't understand that design choice. On Linux you have Deja Vu Sans Mono (same origin as Menlo which replaced Monaco 10 years ago) and on Windows Consolas is a pretty good default. Or because the website is for developers, just keep 'monospace' as the default.

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