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Subject:Re: Favourite font for long passages? From:Barry House <bhouse -at- CREATIVE-HOUSE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:19:55 -0600
Janet Barry wrote:
>
>I'm writing a Getting Started type of manual for a grapher software
>application, and can't decide on a font for the longer chunks of
>text.
>
>Several years ago I wrote a manual in Word on a Macintosh, and
>used Palatino as the main text font. It's one of my favourites. Now,
>I use a PC and applications such as WordPerfect and Corel Draw. Is
>there a similar font to Palatino available?
>
Yes. There's a PostScript Palatino for the PC. I have that font on my PC,
but I don't know how it got here--I've never actually purchased any font
packages. It either came with my HP LaserJet 5MP or it was included with
the Corel WordPerfect Suite 7.
Hope that helps!
Barry House
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Pittsfield, IL 62363
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