Re: Non-proportional font

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From: Thomas Aaron Insel
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:17

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Don Mattote <MATTOTE@UCF1VM.BITNET> writes:

> I am currently looking for a font for my Mac that will accomodate importing
> text files from an IBM platform. Most fonts cause a jagged appearance where
> tabs and spaces are rather than a clean columnar appearance.  I like the
> geneva font best but it causes the jagged appearance. I believe what I need
> is a non-proportional font. I am using the saveatree software on Mac and
> printing text in as little as 5 pt. type. I have a geneva5-6 pt font but, as
> I said, the jagged appearance, yet the character quality is excellent.
> I would appreciate any suggestions or corrections to my theory or software
> I am using. Thanks in advance and please respond either to one of the above
> groups or to my email address: MATTOTE@UCF1VM.CC.UCF.EDU

Courier or Monaco.
-- 
Thomas Insel (tinsel@uiuc.edu)
  "Familiarity breeds contempt--and children."  -- Mark Twain

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From: tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel)
Subject: Re: Non-proportional font
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