On 80 columns should (not) be enough for everyone

[Kagamin]

Russel Winder Wrote:

> Just because anyone over 50 (like me) has worsening eyesight doesn't
> mean they can't work quite happily with 110 character lines using 8pt
> fonts.  I like 110 character lines in smaller fonts, and I like 2 space
> indents.  And proportional fonts -- Ocean Sans MT rules -- why all this
> monospace font obsession (*).

I use Verdana 15pt (monospaced fonts don't really scale to this extent and usually don't have characters beyond ASCII). Pixels are small and displays are big nowadays, my editor can accomodate 150 columns in windowed mode.