Variable-width fonts make I and l hard to distinguish

I'm not sure this is a fixable bug, as some people like it that way..
I don't remember ever having a problem reading because of this.
This should be posted on brainstorm, let's see what other people think.

Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is included, and it is easy to read:
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=bitstream_vera_mono&page=1&nb_ppp_old=10&text=1ife+life+Iife&nb_ppp=10&psize=m&classt=alpha

The Luxi mono just stinks, though. lowercase L and the number 1 both look the same :P

Using Droid Sans as the default font would solve this. :] And it's open-source, so it's fine.

We really should list the problematic characters:
l:I (lower el, upper eye)
O:0 (upper oh, zero)

Any others? When we have a list I will go through some open source fonts and make a recommendation. What else is important in a default font?

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

> We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate
> the problem, as described in the previous comments.

What information is missing? I have scanned the previous comments and I do not see a request for information. Quite the opposite, I see complete support of this bug. Please reopen. Thanks.

dotancohen: you can reopen it too! Just click on its status and change it!

I do not want to start an edit war, that is why I asked the person who closed the bug to reconsider.

@dotancohen, could you try to reproduce this issue in latest ubuntu Karmic version? if this problem persist please reopen or set status to new again and please don't feel hesitate.

Best regards