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Is it a good idea to use monospace font in html forms?

The textarea is in html styled as font-family: monospace; If I wanna have consistent appearance I apply this also for my text inputs.
For me it looks like good. But the question if it's "correct"?
Cause on the web it's usual to use for presentation (= what is on the screen style) some sans-serif font.
This monospace actualy have these little ends of letter similar to serif, which is better for printing (=>beter on paper).

So back to my question: Is the use monospace in this case in accordance with the customs of the Web or is it a mistake? I mean something that is good in this case to use?

Solution

  • "Good" is whatever you want it to be. Think about two things:

    1. your user. Does your choice of font make their life easier (more readable etc)?
    2. your 'brand': do you want this to be your "look"?

    There is no right or wrong answer - except "it depends".