er... that's the solution I promosed in my original message: ...but
the only thing I can think of is to manually replace the hyphen with
a space.
On 21 Oct 2006, at 22:26, Mark D Lew wrote:
But that suggests a possible solution. One could go through the
the Edit Lyrics window of the
Mark D Lew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Times is a decent type face if you take the trouble to buy a well-built
font.
I represent my own opinions only, and not any authoritative standard.
I'll curious to hear what others say on the question.
I have no expertise in lyrics or in artistic
Sorry, didn't want to steal Michael's line!
In fact you are right and it works in your situation.
What I meant is a totally different situation. Say you have a two
syllables on the same note, then you'll need a non-breakable space
between the two syllables (option-shift on macs). On Finmac
Mark D Lew wrote:
The only non-free fonts I have are Adobe, so I have no way of checking
if other professional fonts from other providers use the same system.
Not too long ago, I upgraded my Corel Office suite, and the fonts
included was a significant reason for my doing so. Corel includes
David W. Fenton wrote:
But it's the numbers *without* descenders, and that all have the same
width that are the aberration in the history of typesetting, because
they were created for computer use, so you type columns of numbers in
your word processing documents and have then line up.
Type
dc wrote:
I *hate* numbers with ascenders and descenders. It's just an instant,
visceral ugh. They may be more legible (though I don't know if
there's data on this -- people often use legible as shorthand for
what I like), but I think they look ugly as sin.
Just the opposite over here. I find
On 22 Oct 2006 at 15:41, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I *hate* numbers with ascenders and descenders. It's just an instant,
visceral ugh. They may be more legible (though I don't know if
there's data on this -- people often use legible as shorthand for
what I like), but I think they look ugly
On Oct 22, 2006, at 4:25 AM, Ken Moore wrote:
I have no expertise in lyrics or in artistic judgment of type faces,
but I have long agreed with Comrie's view, as expressed in his edition
of the Chambers 7-figure Mathematical Tables, that figures with
ascenders and descenders are more legible
On Oct 21, 2006, at 11:43 PM, Michael Cook wrote:
er... that's the solution I promosed in my original message: ...but
the only thing I can think of is to manually replace the hyphen with a
space.
Oops, my bad. I didn't read carefully enough.
--
On Oct 22, 2006, at 6:22 AM, Éric Dussault
On 22 Oct 2006, at 3:32 PM, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Oct 22, 2006, at 4:25 AM, Ken Moore wrote:
I have no expertise in lyrics or in artistic judgment of type
faces, but I have long agreed with Comrie's view, as expressed in
his edition of the Chambers 7-figure Mathematical Tables, that
Mark D Lew wrote:
The only non-free fonts I have are Adobe, so I have no way of checking
if other professional fonts from other providers use the same system.
but this is not quite accurate. The website www.identifont.com
provides a means of comparing (and finding where to purchase)
On 22 Oct 2006, at 5:46 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 22 Oct 2006 at 15:41, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I *hate* numbers with ascenders and descenders. It's just an instant,
visceral ugh. They may be more legible (though I don't know if
there's data on this -- people often use legible as
On Oct 22, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
You're conflating two different things. Most (all?) proportional fonts
do not have fixed-width numbers, but they do have numbers that are a
uniform height, and that's the look I'm defending.
They are indeed two separate issues. I'm
On Oct 22, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
but this is not quite accurate. The website www.identifont.com
provides a means of comparing (and finding where to purchase)
typefaces: type the name of the font in the box, and a sample of the
face is shown, along with where it can be
On Oct 22, 2006, at 8:03 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
[answering me]
I've used Identifont before, but if it has a panel that shows what
collection of glyphs a font provides, I haven't found it.
I suppose it may depend upon how large a sample of the font one wishes
to view. [...]
I thought
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