Improvement

October 12, 20211 minute read

Fixed-width font support in Markdown-enabled fields

You can now choose to use a fixed-width font in Markdown-enabled fields, like issue comments and pull request descriptions. Currently these fields use a variable-width font, which can make it difficult to edit advanced Markdown structures like tables and code snippets.

To enable, go to your appearance settings and toggle on Use a fixed-width (monospace) font when editing Markdown in the “Markdown editor font preference” section.

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Learn more about writing and formatting on GitHub.

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Fixed-width font support in Markdown-enabled fields - GitHub Changelog