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		soneil 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I made a site to tell the time in corpora... Fonts with 'routed' in their names are often a good place to look for this - they're named thus because they were designed to be scribed/engraved with a router, so very frequently have a constant width. (and if you're up for a rabbit hole, https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/ )

_carbyau_ 9 months ago [–]

That was a delightful rabbit hole.

Also, thank you for the "routed" tip. Your rabbit hole also mentions "monoline" and the MIL-SPEC-33558 font too.

I'd upvote you ten times if I could. Made my day.

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