=> -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malcolm Greene => Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:20 => To: [email protected] => Subject: Font where normal and bold styles easily distinguished => => I'm looking for a proportional font whose normal and bold => appearance are easily distinguished in the 9 to 12 point => range. The font must be a Windows native font on 2000/XP => OS's. MS Outlook's listbox of messages uses a font whose => bold style easily stands out from its normal style => (re: unread vs. read messages). => => Motivation: I have a grid where I want to use => DynamicFontBold to make certain records stand out similar to => the way email clients style read vs. unread messages. On my => system normal and bold Arial, Tahoma, and Verdana look very => similar in a grid. I tried increasing the font size of => bolded content by one point, but the result is ugly. => => Suggestions? => => Malcolm =>
The obvious answer is, "Why not use the same font as Outlook?" I think the default is 8pt Tahoma. This could become a sticky issue because of differences in rendering between OS versions, hardware settings, control panel settings, and perhaps phases of the moon. I am surprised that you have difficulty with those fonts because they are supposed to look quite different in sizes above 8 points. If you cannot see the difference between normal and bold, you might be missing a font file. Try doing a comparison at 18 points and see if there is a difference. If not, reinstall the font. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
