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In normalize.css, the monospace font rules contain
font-family: monospace, monospace; Is this different to
font-family: monospace; ?
There must be a reason for using that. Maybe it's a workaround for the behaviour of some browsers?
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The term modern can be used for a fixed-pitch generic font family name, which is used in OpenDocument format (ISO/IEC 26300:2006) and Rich Text Format. Examples of monospaced fonts include Courier, Lucida Console, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, Inconsolata and Source Code Pro.
The system fonts Courier, Menlo, and Consolas are examples of monospaced fonts , so named because every character is the same width. When the characters vary in width, the font is called proportional .
Fira Code (popular choice) Undoubtably the most commonly used monospace font ever, Fira Code is a spin on Fira Mono. The difference is that Fira Code contains code-specific ligatures (this is when two graphemes/letters are joined together as a single glyph).
You are right. The font-family: monospace, monospace; declaration is a simple hack/workaround for some browsers which tend to reduce the font size of monospace fonts.
More info on this Github issue: https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/issues/519#issuecomment-197131966
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