Re: Wanted: good TT fixed space font

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From: John Punshon
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 00:00

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Philip,

I thought the LetterGothic I saw was proportionally spaced but
I don't mind standing corrected.

Does HP use public domain fonts in the printers or are they
copyrighted?

John


Philip McNab (philip@siberia.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <4brqvl$irm@tribune.usask.ca>
:            punshon@alfresco.usask.ca "John Punshon" writes:

: > Neither Schoolbook nor the LetterGothic mentioned in another
: > post are fixed-width.

: Wrong.  I don't know abt Schoolbook, LetterGothic is fixed-width:
: there may be another, proportionally spaced variant; but the std LJ4+
: variant *is* fixed width. I should know: I have read tens of
: thousands of pages printed with it, and right-justified mono-spaced
: text comes out perfectly (in case you don't believe the
: documentation). 

: Philip

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: / Philip McNab // philip@siberia.demon.co.uk /

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From: punshon@alfonso.usask.ca (John Punshon)
Subject: Re: Wanted: good TT fixed space font
Date: 1995/12/29
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