fixed-width font
- noun
- Specialized
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fuente de ancho fijo
- Maybe something almost fixed-width, so that the '.'s and ','s and 'i's and spaces stand out more, but that still saves some horizontal space compared to a fixed-width font.
Examples
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Fixed-width fonts (for example, Courier and Data Gothic) look appealing and allow easy alignment of code.
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A fixed-width font allows each character to take up the same amount of horizontal space, making it ideal for coding.
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I brought up the terminal's "profile preferences" box, unchecked "use the system fixed width font," and chose Source Code Pro.
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My own reason to switch, and possibly part of the larger reason, is that a nosed smiley looks good in variable-width fonts, nice and balanced, but looks very silly in fixed-width fonts.
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I prefer using a fixed-width font in my code editor to ensure that all lines align perfectly.
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When designing the layout, I used a fixed-width font for better readability of the numbers and symbols.
Synonyms
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4.0
A set of letters where each one has the same width so columns line up
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5.8
A font where every character has the same width
A style of text where every letter takes the same amount of space
A print style where each letter takes the same space, like an old typewriter
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
fixed-width + font
The meaning is compositionally obvious: 'fixed' (not changing) + 'width' (horizontal size) applied to 'font' (typeface) yields a typeface whose character width does not vary. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common descriptive pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Fixed-width font comes from old typewriters, where every letter took the same space on the line. The fixed width for each character makes text or code line up exactly, so this font is used today when you need clear columns and exact spacing.