Re: why are all books Times Roman ?

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From: Ken Seefried iii
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1989 23:19

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As they say in Fiddler, it's 'tradition'.  Certainly, font technology
has progressed, but that doesn't mean that the publishing industry has
taken advantage of it.

	...ken
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From: ken@capone.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: why are all books Times Roman ?
Summary: Tradition, history
Keywords: typefaces, fonts
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Date: 7 Jun 89 23:19:41 GMT
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