What's wrong with Times New Roman?; was, RE: Hey! She messed with *my* manual

["Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>]

Hi Vincent,

What's wrong with Times New Roman (in printed docs)? I've never heard
anyone object to it. Is there another serifed font that is preferable
and widely accepted?

Thanks!

Leonard


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Subject: RE: Hey! She messed with *my* manual

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Yes.   I made the mistake of disseminating a document in Word to our
support team once (and only once).  The next time I saw that document,
one of the analysts had added screenshots and sentences with no
attention paid to space constraints or formatting.

It looked terrible; my screenshots were falling off of pages, and there
was *cringe* Times New Roman all over the place.  (No offense intended
to anyone who actually likes Times New Roman, but I can't stand the
stuff.)  Fortunately, I was able to stifle my dismay and I didn't make a
fuss at all.  I did make his changes consistent with my format, however.


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