2007/11/10, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2007/11/10, Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:21:04 +0100 > > M Henri Day wrote: > > > > > 2007/11/10, Datatude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > On 2007-11-10 11:49 AM, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > > > > > Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> I could start a new thread about this, but since it's only an > > > > >extension > > > > of > > > > >> the original question of this thread I thought it was better to > > > > >ask it > > > > as > > > > >> a follow-up-question here: > > > > >> > > > > >> I installed the msttcorefonts a while ago, but many documents > > > > >that I> created before I replaced Windows with Ubuntu use the Arial > > > > >Narrow > > > > font, > > > > >> and therefore they don't look right in the Ubuntu version. Is > > > > >there a> place where I can find that font for my Ubuntu system? > > > > >It's not > > > > included > > > > >> in msttcorefonts. > > > > >> > > > > > Dear Johnny, > > > > > 1. Please don't toppost. > > > > This is a beginners mailing list. As common business practise these days > > (like it or lump it) is to top post, we are stuck with it. Also read my > > comments further down.
Sorry, I didn't know that this was important for some people. Sometimes I top post and sometimes I bottom post and sometimes I do like I am doing right now, whatever it's called. It depends on the situation. In this case I was adding a follow-up question to a thread and at the time I was typing I found top posting to be the way to do that in that particular situation. However, I am not a perfect so sometimes I make mistakes and I am sorry for that. > > > > > > 2. Google is your friend > > > > Cliche and out of place considering 3 just below. > > > > > > > 3. You can find the font here: > > > > > http://www.unigre.it/rhetorica%20biblica/fonts/download.htm > > > > > The name of the font you're looking for is called ARIALN.TTF > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Jonathan Thank you very much! I haven't been there yet, but I will. Can I use it without breaking any laws? The address tells me that it's an Italian site, so it will be interesting to see if Swedish characters like åäöÅÄÖ are included. Important to me, since I write most stuff in Swedish and åäöÅÄÖ are very commonly used in my language. > > > > > > > > Dear Jonathan. > > > > > > > > 1. Please don't use lingo. What the hell is toppost. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting#Top-posting > > > > > > 2. Google was not my friend, since typing in define: toppost > > > > returned no results. > > > > > > > > googled "wikipedia top post" for above result > > > > > > > > > > kazar > > > > -- > > > > Datatude, Ltd. -- http://www.datatude.net/ > > > > tech strategies & database solutions > > > > Visit our "RAD Tools of Choice" forums at "datatude.network" > > > > http://network.datatude.net/ > > > > > > > > > «Toppost» on a forum such as this one refers to the practice of > > > placing one's reply above (on top of) the post to which one is > > > responding. I presume the opposite is to «bottompost», which is > > > customary on this forum.... > > > > > > Henri > > > > The preferred posting style on mailing lists and usenet is neither > > top=post or bottom-post as you have used but interspersed as i have used > > (he says smugly). > > > > But given that many newbies and business types use top-post it is > > accepted practise to not get all het-up about it, bite the bullet and > > reply in kind. Thus if the original respondent top-posted, all > > subsequent replies should be top post. > > > > Many flame wars have been started on this very topic and the ulcers just > > are not worth it. > > > > -- > > Michael > > > > All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall > > be well > > > > - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 > > > > Michael, may I suggest that you are pouring oil, not water on the flames > you > claim to decry ? Kazar's question concerned the meaning of the term > «toppost», to which he received a response, plus the information that the > customary practice on the present forum is to bottompost, which placed the > post to which he was responding (Jonathan's) in its proper context. No > flames, no war. Why start one ?... > > Henri > "Toppost" seems to be "top post" made to one single word by just omitting the space between them. This is actually the way to create "new" words in Swedish (among other languages, I presume). In English it seems to be more common to separate the words. That's the main reason why the most simple spell checkers are pretty useless for Swedish spell checking. Since we combine words like this, our language will contain extremely many words to be included in a spell checker's dictionary. One famous example of this is the Swedsih word "Eurovisionsschlagerfestivalen", which means "The eurovision song contest". One word in Swedish, four words in English... J.R.
