fixed-width

Not because I love it (it's ugly, yo) but because it's a fixed-width font with a lot of white space, and it makes it easier for me to spot errors.

funny how the whole world--historically--feels the urge to chase the sun to rest stillsostrange 2009

CSS table display allows us to create a perfectly stable multi-column design, with a flexible middle column and fixed-width sidebars, while avoiding the pitfalls and hacks you would encounter using CSS floats.

Web Teacher › New Tutorial from Project VII 2009

Go to the Google Docs "View" menu, you can enable fixed-width page styling and a full-screen mode that removes all the clutter.

WriteRoom For Google Docs Adds Distraction-Free Writing To Browser | Lifehacker Australia 2009

But today I got excited when I discovered that Google had finally introduced a “fixed-width page view”.

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One chapter in the book styles a fixed-width Dreamweaver CSS layout.

Web Teacher › Review: Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3 2008

But today I got excited when I discovered that Google had finally introduced a “fixed-width page view”.

Docs gets a WYSIWYG view… nah, just kidding « Squash 2008

If you have serious content you want me to read rather than skim, it needs to be black on white, perferably set in narrow, fixed-width columns.

Redesign Thoughts 2007

Go to the Google Docs "View" menu, you can enable fixed-width page styling and a full-screen mode that removes all the clutter.

WriteRoom For Google Docs Adds Distraction-Free Writing To Browser | Lifehacker Australia 2009

To remind me of this, I sometimes code in a large serif font like Georgia rather than the traditional fixed-width font.

Tim Ferriss: Simplicity and Start-up Alchemy: An Interview with Wordpress Creator, Matt Mullenweg 2008

So, fixed-width is a good way of making your layout future-proof, so that things will be readable no matter how big monitors get.

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