Re: Another new sig (and a question)

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From: Rick Potts
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 00:00

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webmaster@superb.com wrote:

>Here's another crack at an "acceptable" sig.  I do have a question
>though - why can't I surround my sig with "****" without screwing-up
>the spacing on some news readers?

Because some folks set up their newsreaders to use proportional fonts
(such as Arial) while others use monospaced (?) fonts such as Courier
which have fixed widths.  What looks good (vertical borders nicely
aligned) on one will look disjointed and messy on the other.

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Rick Potts           Phoenix, Arizona USA
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From: rpotts@primenet.com (Rick Potts)
Subject: Re: Another new sig (and a question)
Date: 1995/08/19
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