On Thursday, November 23, 2000, 6:08:44 AM, Thomas wrote:
TF>>> (no comments about taste, please: I like Coruier New much more
TF>>> than Andale Mono).
ACM>> How can you use Courier??!! <vbg>
> Did I say "no comments"? <g>
<OT> I downloaded Andale Mono after it had been touted several times
on the list, just out of curiosity (I had been content with Courier
New for years). I installed it, and found it to be pretty ugly. I do
like the idea of being able to distinguish better between 0 and O,
and 1 and l. Since it's the only alternative mono fonts on my system
(with a slow system, I'm not into collecting many fonts), I decided
to try it anyway. Yet I kept thinking: how can people be serious
about this being better looking than Courier New?
Guess what? Weeks later, it now looks perfectly fine to me. Courier
or Courier New is still the font I use with my other software
(editor, word processor, etc.), but I no longer feel Andale Mono
objectionable. I guess habits sometimes do change one's taste. :)
> Thanks. I have quoted material, as incoming messages are written
> with Outlook, and yes, these parts are usually the ones looking
> funny when printing. However, they look OK on screen. I want them
> to look on paper as they look on screen. WYSIWYG being the
> keyword.
I guess you use A4 size paper, right (unless you work for an
American company)? So its width is around 8.27 inch. Taking away
about 1 in each side, and you've about 6.27 in to print on.
Basically the size of mono fonts can be calculated as the following:
10 points = 12 cpi (characters per inch)
12 points = 10 cpi
So if you 12 point font, you can print about 62 characters on a
line. (Give or take one character depending on the printer, driver,
software, and font of choice.)
ACM>> or print preview support.
> while this seems a good idea, I don't know how it would help in this
> case. If I *know* it wouldn't print right, what would I do?
Shrink the margin a little (check the manual of your printer to find
out what the minimum margins are, but it's usually safe to use 1 cm
or even less), use smaller fonts, print on larger paper, or use
landscape printing. :)
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Best regards,
Ming-Li
The Bat! 1.48 Beta/7 | Win2k SP1
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