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Title ..: In Praise of Monospace
Author .: staff
Date ...: 2026-06-20
Section : Blog
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A monospace grid is the cheapest layout system in existence. Every glyph is
the
same width, so columns line up for free, ASCII diagrams stay square, and you
can
reason about a page the way you reason about a terminal.

```
+----------------+       +----------------+
|  content/*.md  | ----> |   dist/*.html  |
+----------------+ build +----------------+
```

You don't need a design system when the grid *is* the design. That's the
whole
bet this site makes.


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