need a font similar to Courier to use for code

Subject: need a font similar to Courier to use for code
From: "Gilda Spitz" <gspitz -at- longview -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:23:12 -0400

Quick question about fonts:

We need to supply samples of code in our text. Traditionally we've used
Courier because it looks like code. The problem is this:

Courier takes up so much space that even short lines of code wrap to the
next line. It would be preferable to have the lines stay together
without wrapping, if possible.

Is there a font similar to Courier that takes up less space? I tried
Arial, and it solves the wrapping problem, but it doesn't really look
like code to me.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Gilda Spitz
Manager, Documentation
Longview Solutions Inc.

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