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From: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
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Subject: RE: Old fonts and System 7.0
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Date: 3 Jun 90 19:51:45 GMT
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In a message of 05/30/90, Chris Silverberg wrote -

> Using a terminal program that has its own built in font, the
> display is "chunky"... not smooth... guessing that this might
> have something to do with the new fonts, i changed the font
> displayed to Monoco... the display was much better... maybe even
> smoother than 6.0.x.

Of course, those built-in terminal program fonts, although similar to
Monaco, DO provide different characters for oh and zero, and eye and el.
With Monaco, those are difficult distinctions (impossible) to make.

--Adam--


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