Nice font selection screen in 1Password that shows you the most similar/confusing characters up front.
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Functionally, possibly, yes. But there are more things to consider with typography than just function.
So why the option to choose in this scenario?
A recognition of already-existing and respect-worthy personal preferences of people carefully selecting monospaced fonts elsewhere, or emotional affect of fonts, or the natural desire for people to personalize their tools.
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