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Re: Readable text fonts for screen editing (was: Horizontal scrolling...)
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 03:43:33 GMT
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> writes:
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 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.  It's also one of the few fonts, like Terminal,
in which you can instantly tell a 0 from an O.  It has most (if not all)
of the +128...
but that means you can't draw pictures like you can with Terminal :)
--Bram


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  Re: Readable text fonts for screen editing (was: Horizontal scrolling...)
 
(...) 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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  Readable text fonts for screen editing (was: Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo))
 
(...) 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)

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