Re: Fonts

["phillipalder" phillipalder@xxxxxxxx]

I really like ITC Souvenir, which I use for the screen and printouts (in
XyWrite for Windows). It is wider than Times Roman, making it more legible.

Phillip Alder

----- Original Message -----
From: "ajx" 
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Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: Fonts


>
> Michael Norman wrote:
>
> > Bill, I'm simply looking for a readable (all day) screen
> > font to use in WIN
>
> I'm following the discussion of fonts with interest, even
> if not participating in it.
>
> For some time I've used Georgia for an on-screen font
> in Windows but not for anything else. I find it
> readable - though not attractive. Its readability
> it seems to me lies in its balance between body and
> 'scenders (ascenders & descenders - forgive me Bill
> for not knowing the terms): the body's big and beefy.
>
> At the same time though I find myself using Book Antiqua
> in certain apps, even though its variant of that
> relationship is the contrary. It's more readable at
> smaller font sizes - 10 for instance - than some
> of its otherwise more attractive rivals.
>
> But so much depends on one's eyesight and the size of
> screen, resolution and contrast one uses, ..
>
> Georgia is - or was - downloadable from Microsoft, tho'
> I haven't got a url.
> John
>
>
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