ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

ANSI

Okay kiddo, so have you ever looked at a computer screen or a printed piece of paper and noticed the letters and numbers are all different sizes and styles? That's because of something called a font.

ANSI is just a fancy way of talking about different styles of fonts. It stands for "American National Standards Institute." This institute sets guidelines and standards for making fonts, so that they can be used in lots of different places and still look the same.

Think of it like this: when you're drawing letters and numbers, you might make them all different sizes and shapes. But when you're making a font, you want all the letters and numbers to match and look the same when people use them. That way, no matter where they're seeing those letters and numbers, they're always consistent and easy to read.

ANSI is one way that people can make sure their fonts follow these standards. So the next time you see some letters and numbers on a computer screen, you can remember that they might be using an ANSI font to make sure everything looks just right!