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Subject:RE: Need a smarter person than me From:"Sharon Burton-Hardin" <sharon -at- anthrobytes -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:15:24 -0800
So far as I know, this is just "the way we have always done it". The dead
hand of history... Want some poison Kool Aid? It's pink and yummy this time.
Not our job to change this. The parameters have been made very clear on this
project. We are just trying to deliver something slightly useful that is
within the parameters.
The parameters are such that we probably cannot, but my delusions get me out
of bed in the morning.
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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-71429 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Watson
Laughton
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:28 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Need a smarter person than me
>>I didn't go back and search for the full text of Sharon's
>>original post. If the customer did indeed specify the typeface
>>in addition to the size, then you may be correct.
>>What it smelled like to me, though, from the snipped version
>>that I responded to, was typical bureaucratese labeling
>>regulations.
The full text of the original post was:
>>We have a client who has just specified that all body text must be 5/32
>>inches and all warnings and cautions must be 3/16 inches.
>>I can't find my ruler that maps inches to points. For Myriad Roman,
>>can anyone help? I am stumped. I am also brain dead today.
No talk of lawyers, bureaucrats, labelling, governments, or regulations.
Just Myriad Roman font (whatever that is), 5/32" and 3/16" big.
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