I thought it would be really nice if there would be a tag that would let you write in a monospaced font, which is useful when you want to write something as if if would show on your screen.

I'm not talking about [code] tags, I mean that something more like the [b], [i], and [u] tags, that would just change the font instead of putting it in a separate block.

I was wondering if this is impractical to implement, or if there is a reason not to, of just nobody thought of it?

Hello there!
[Font="Fixedsys"]

Typing [font=courier] or whatever takes way too long to type for a little formatting command.

HTML and TeX have monospaced font tags, why shouldn't a computing-oriented forum?

LQ already has support for a variety of fixed with fonts:

abcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyz

--jeremy

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Using the advanced WYSIWYG editor allows you to avoid typing the [font= bit, but I really don't see that as too onerous.

--jeremy

I've been thinking about this issue recently and I believe I have a new point to raise.
abcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyz

On my current setup "Courier New" doesn't give a fixed width font (see attached image), I can get fixed width using "monospace", but perhaps that won't work for someone else. And the problem with choosing a font isn't the bother of typing, it's the bother of picking a particular font when what I really want is a way to say "use any fixed width font".

Furthermore, I don't think I've ever seen a post using multiple fonts effectively, the only thing the FONT tag is used for is monospaced text, so I propose replacing the font selection dropdown menu with a fixed width button.

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This is still an issue for me. jeremy seems to try to push it aside by saying "you can just type "[font=Courier New][/font]"", but that's very difficult. Especially in Quick Reply, where there is no pop-up font menu!

I still vote for either an [m] bbcode tag, or a button (that will be available in Quick Reply) to set the font to Courier New.

Note that another problem with Courier New is that many people (and the vast majority of Linux users) prefer a different fixed-width font, and have it set as their browser default. Why not use that?

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"Courier New" does not display properly on my box, but the HTML tags generated for "Code:" blocks do.

I like the idea of a BB code that gives us access to that HTML functionality.

This sounds like a great idea.