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    Readable text fonts for screen editing (was: Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo)) —Todd Lehman
   (...) Ahh, good point. I used Terminal 6pt for everything in the old days, but that was before +128 was a big deal. I'd forgotten about the character set of Terminal. (...) I switched from Terminal to Lucida Console (that's what I meant to write (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
   
        Re: Readable text fonts for screen editing (was: Horizontal scrolling...) —Bram Lambrecht
   (...) I use 8 pt. Fixedsys (the font Notepad uses) for email, html editting and other applications which require a fixed width font. It's very easy to read, easier than Terminal, IMO, and much easier than Courier, which is usually too light-weight. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)  
   
        Re: Readable text fonts for screen editing (was: Horizontal scrolling...) —Susan Hoover
   (...) Just tried both Lucida Console and FixedSys. They are both lighter weight and have a different aspect (taller vs. width) than Terminal, so either one will take some getting used to. I use Terminal for just about everything -- newsreading, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)  
 

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