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- From: chh9@ellis.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halling)
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- Subject: Re: Non-proportional font
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.213232.14859@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 21:32:32 GMT
- References: <93022.132659MATTOTE@UCF1VM.BITNET>
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- In article <93022.132659MATTOTE@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- Don Mattote <MATTOTE@UCF1VM.BITNET> writes:
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- >I am currently looking for a font for my Mac that will accomodate importing
- >text files from an IBM platform. Most fonts cause a jagged appearance where
- >tabs and spaces are rather than a clean columnar appearance. I like the
- >geneva font best but it causes the jagged appearance. I believe what I need
- >is a non-proportional font. I am using the saveatree software on Mac and
- >printing text in as little as 5 pt. type. I have a geneva5-6 pt font but, as
- >I said, the jagged appearance, yet the character quality is excellent.
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- What you should use is Courier, which is a monospaced font. Monaco used
- to be monospaced, but now the TrueType version isn't.
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- Conrad Halling
- c-halling@uchicago.edu
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