Hello Marck D. Pearlstone,
On Tue, 4 Jul 2000 03:08:04 +0100 GMT your local time,
which was Tuesday, July 04, 2000, 9:08:04 AM (GMT+0700) my local time,
Marck D. Pearlstone wrote:


> Hi tracer,

> On 04 July 2000 at 07:37:49 GMT +0700 (which was 01:37 where I
> live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
> of "Tell me your experience with mono-spaced fonts":

>>> ... email is plain text and that, as you say, exact positioning can
>>> only be achieved with mono fonts.

>>>     The Bat! will obey... But be advised, that if, for example, you
>>>     write there "Arial", you'll hardly manage to read anything:-)

t>> While I have no intentions to use a proportional font , instead of
t>> telling which looks horrible, what about telling us what looks 'not
t>> bad'!!

Alex is preparing for his final Thesis defence in a subject which is really
difficult to pronounce... (I forgot to ask him what its in Russian...)
but considering that the subject will be of no interest to most of us
on the list...

> That  was  what Alexander V. Kiselev (no longer with us) had to say on
> the  topic  of  proportional  fonts. AFAIAC I use the Andale Mono font
> (apparently available by download from M$) first commended by Klaus E.
> Werner  on  this very list way back in June 1999 and I (and other long
> term  users)  find  it  pretty  acceptable.  A  more compact but still
> pleasant alternative is Lucida Console.

Thanks. Consider adding both things to the FAC . I am trying at
present that other font, doesnt look bad and likely any mono TT fonot
may look better in Italic/Bold as it may smooth things out a bit in
the space available to the letters



Best regards,
 
tracer


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