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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Fractured Widths (Fairytales?)
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Date: 30 Aug 89 16:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Aug 30 11:28:00 1989


Is it true that fractional widths is completely broken is MS-Word
(3.02 and 4.0)?

At the moment, I am using adobe screen fonts and fractional widths.  I
have several justified paragraphs with 11 point times font [italic and
normal] (note that 11 is not included in the standard sizes, but 10
and 12 are).  When I print out justified / filled paragraphs, the
right-hand edge is as ragged as a Navajo rug.

Lines consisting Times font alone are simply lousy.  Lines with
italics, subscripts, and math overstrikes are downright awful.  Why
doesn't this work?  What's the point of fractional widths?  Is it a
quick way to make your paper look awful?  8-)


Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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