Used in a Sentence

monospace

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for monospace.

Editorial note

As for your quote - monospace white-on-black command-line is not a gendered aesthetic (although it's a stereotype aesthetic?

Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To type, typeset, or design text using a typeface that has the same width for each character.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of monospace gathered in one view.

verb

To type, typeset, or design text using a typeface that has the same width for each character.

adjective

Of a typeface, having characters with uniform width.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for monospace.

verb

To type, typeset, or design text using a typeface that has the same width for each character.

adjective

Of a typeface, having characters with uniform width.

Example sentences

1

As for your quote - monospace white-on-black command-line is not a gendered aesthetic (although it's a stereotype aesthetic?

2

That is really lazy: the least that could've been done is {font-family: menlo, monospace}!

3

Are programmers condemned to an eternity monospace typewriter hell because we are too lazy to build better editors?

4

I'll try this new one alongside Input Mono which is my current monospace font of choice.

5

I love how they aligned input elements by using monospace and matching number of characters.

6

I think this is the longest I've stuck with a particular monospace font.

7

You should use monospace fonts in your code samples.

8

I'm all for minimalism and I use monospace fonts for coding all the time, but perhaps it's not the best choice for long blog posts?

9

Great, now we can have a monospace version for the terminal/editor.

10

And if you want to write a new text editor, you will probably end up supporting monospace behavior before proportional simply because it is such a simple and flexible algorithm.

11

If you're remote, find a good online code-friendy (syntax-highlighting, monospace) scratchpad and use it with a voice or video chat solution.

12

I've been using Input as my default monospace font in both Mac and Linux for the past 5 months, and I have a very high opinion of it.

Quote examples

1

Looks like the monospace font on that page is "Roboto Mono", which seems to be new.

2

It makes more sense (to me) than "implement everything in a monospace text-based terminal you can't resize, hacking around years of horrible different methods of repositioning cursor / changing colour / setting title".

Proper noun examples

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Monospace white-on-black command-line aesthetic is a stylistic choice.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use monospace in a sentence?

As for your quote - monospace white-on-black command-line is not a gendered aesthetic (although it's a stereotype aesthetic?

What does monospace mean?

To type, typeset, or design text using a typeface that has the same width for each character.

What part of speech is monospace?

monospace is commonly used as verb, adjective.