Forcing HTML textarea to use a monospace font using CSS

Question

How can I make my text area use a monospaced font?

Answer 1

Just use a monospace font. For example for something like:

the css would be:

#mytextarea {
    font-family: monospace;
}

If you want to use a specific monospace font, you can but don't forget adding the generic 'monospace' at the end in case the user does not have your preferred font installed:

#mytextarea {
    font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', monospace;
}