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From: Mark Dawes
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:00

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>>> I have two recommendations for you if you wish to get nice responses
>>> from Usenet groups: Capitalize your I's for ease of understanding and
>>> don't begin a message asking for help, or anything else for that
>>> matter, with "Hey" - it's not polite.

If your font is Arial I (capital i) and l (lower case L) are
indistinguishable.  Using "i" does avoid that problem (but changing default
font would be better).

Any thoughts on using L for litres where 50l (for "50 litres") can be
misinterpreted?

Mark

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From: "Mark Dawes" <mark@mrdawes.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Need Urgent Help
Date: 1999/04/10
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