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Subject:Reasons not to use Courier font From:"Teri A. Ward 865-5337" <teri -dot- a -dot- ward -at- boeing -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 1 Oct 1999 15:09:39 -0700 (PDT)
Hi group,
I'm working on a project where the customer
wants an old, 1000-page document updated. The
document is so old it's formatted in Courier,
and this is the font the Customer wants me to
use on the _new_ document. She believes that
Courier is eminently readable and the best
choice of fonts. Help!
Time is running out, and I haven't been able
to find any authoritative sources to backup
my argument that a proportional, serif font
like Times-Roman would be more readable.
Can anyone help? Thanks a bunch in advance,
Teri Ward
Technical Writer/Web Designer
teri -dot- a -dot- ward -at- boeing -dot- com
