> Robert Derman replies:  Perhaps somewhere there is a statistic that 
> tells which of the 26 letters is closest to being the average width of 
> all the others, weighted for average frequency of use.  It seems that 
> this would be the logical starting point if something like this is done.

Or you could just use Lorem Ipsum a latin text used since the 1500s
for testing print layouts with a fairly normal letter distribution

see http://www.lipsum.com/ for details.

A sample VB macro to generate the text is at 
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/052800-1.shtml
just be sure you get the right version of Lorem Ipsum
as some versions include joke words

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