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It looks like there are at least 2 different fonts there. With different fonts used for different parts of the syntax. Which actually seems like a good idea, to further visually distinguish different things beyond just color. But to work right you need to choose fonts that are very visually different.

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I turned off syntax highlighting long ago. You may find you don't need it.

You either understand the code or you don't.

Do you turn off IntelliSense/code completion too or any type of feeback in your IDE/text editor?

Perhaps you just use Notepad because you either understand the code or you don't, right?

Visual aids make me a faster programmer in reading code. I have not found my understanding to go down since first discovering it.

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