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Lesson 2 – fixed font vs. proportional font:
When trying ASCII art, a fixed-width font is needed. that means each character takes up the same width. Proportional fonts are more visually appealing on a letter, but wreck picture-drawing attempts.
1) Fixed-width vs. proportional:
a) Fixed width-
wwwwwwwww
iiiiiiiii
b) proportional-
wwwwwwwww
iiiiiiiii
Notice any difference in how the “i”s and “w”s line up?
Another problem with the default appearance of posts is that multiple spaces between words is truncated to one space.
a b c becomes a b c.
How can a fixed-width font be selected, and spaces be preserved?
Prefixing a backtick before the post, and appending another backtick at the end takes care of this.