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		ethelward on Jan 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming Fonts – Test Drive So instead of just chosing another font for the default style, you decided to thrash LO and buy MS Office? That seems a bit of an overreaction, no?

rypskar on Jan 21, 2019 [–]

The font was a big part of the reason. Maybe having a font where the spacing between some letters looks like a space between words say a bit about how the UX is prioritized. The money difference between LO and MS Office isn't much when you don't upgrade every year

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