Proofreading Font Comparison

This page shows samples of the available proofreading fonts and demonstrates the differences between DP Sans Mono and other fonts.

Available Proofreading Fonts

The following fonts can be selected in your preferences for use in the proofreading interface. Browser default is whatever font your browser renders monospace text in unless told otherwise, often Courier or Courier New. The other fonts are available as web fonts and can be selected and used without having them installed on your computer.

Browser default

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789

!@#$%^&*()[]{}<>'";:.,\/?

This is your current proofreading font.

DP Sans Mono

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789

!@#$%^&*()[]{}<>'";:.,\/?



DejaVu Sans Mono

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789

!@#$%^&*()[]{}<>'";:.,\/?



DP Sans Mono

DP Sans Mono is a font adapted by DP volunteers, based on the suggestions and ideas of many experienced proofreaders. Using DP Sans Mono as your proofreading font can help you find mistakes.

This site provides DP Sans Mono as a web font and browsers that support web fonts do not require the font to be installed locally. For more information on installing and using the font locally for offline activitlies like Post-Processing and Smooth Reading, see the DP Sans Mono wiki page at pgdp.net.

Character Differences

Below are some examples of similar looking characters that are easier to distinguish in DP Sans Mono than in other fonts, in this case your default browser monospace font.

Browser default

DP Sans Mono

O0o

O0o

1Ili!

1Ili!

:;

:;

,.

,.

3BE

3BE

KR

KR

Vv

Vv

Ww

Ww

Xx

Xx

vy

vy

`'

`'