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It must have been a blonde day. Thanks to all of you for explaining to me
how this works.
I heard (from my assistant) that I set off a wildfire on my white space
question. I guess I had better go check out all the flames!
Is anybody getting any work done out there?
The sun is shining; where's my laptop?!
At 06:10 PM 7/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Unless they are specifically monspace fonts they are proportional. Ariel is
>proportional. Compare the amount of space the letter i takes compared to the
>letter p. If they take up different amounts of space, then the font is
>proportionals. Almost all fonts are proportional.
>
>David W. Locke
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bev Lockhart [SMTP:bl -at- SEATTLELAB -dot- COM]
>> Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 3:56 PM
>> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>> Subject: Proportional fonts
>>
>> So where do I go to find out whether a font is proportional or not? (I'm
>> specifically curious about Ariel.)
Bev Lockhart
Documentation Editor
Seattle Lab, Inc. PHONE: (425) 825-7012
11730-118th Ave. NE FAX: (425) 825-7013
Ste. 400
Kirkland, WA 98034-7120
