# Arguments ## Alignment with elastic tabstops ### Pro arguments for elastic tabstops * looks more visually pleasing * visual cues for inherent structure and bugs * more code is aligned for easy vertical selection * allow pretty printing characters (e.g. `⇒` instead of `=>`) ### Contra arguments against elastic tabstops * not widely supported => but that can change * code looks different in other viewers => can be mitigated with optional alignment spaces * mitigation solutions conflict with linters and inspectors => linters be configured accordingly * problematic in some languages => needs more language awareness * extra smart alignment produce fights with word processor => behaviour is predictable * don't waste time formatting code (*[Prettier: "stop all the on-going debates over styles"](https://prettier.io/docs/en/why-prettier.html)*) => adopt an auto-formatter for elastic tabstops ## Rendering with proportional fonts ### Pro arguments for proportional fonts * narrow and wide characters look more pleasing * different text weights look more pleasing * allow various styles for different kinds of code (like sans for code, serif for strings, bold for keywords, italic for comments etc.) * optical cues for typos ```

``` ### Contra arguments against proportional fonts * * difficult to support by text editor * vertical selection is unreliable with unaligned text ## External discussions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *