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

["Ed" <hamonwry12 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

I think this is a great plan, Bill. It really differentiates you from
everyone else out there, which is what technical documentation needs in
these tough times.
-=Ed. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Swallow [mailto:techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:49 PM
> To: Ed.
> Cc: quills -at- airmail -dot- net; TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: What's wrong with Times New Roman?; was, RE: 
> Hey! She messed with *my* manual
> 
> I hand-write all my documentation. I find it adds that 
> personal touch, and it allows me to just slop it up a bit 
> rather than make up info when the SMEs are out to lunch. The 
> only problem is that I have to hop from work station to work 
> station with a dry-erase marker and a rag every time someone 
> presses F1 for help.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Ed. <hamonwry12 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > I think it's just an aesthetic choice. I personally use 
> Minion Pro and 
> > Myriad Pro for my docs. TNR seems way overused.
> 
> --
> Bill Swallow
> Twitter: @techcommdood
> Blog: http://techcommdood.com
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> 

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