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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George J. Jefferson)
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Subject: Re: Expressionist Problems
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Date: 27 Jun 90 16:35:47 GMT
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>away if I stopped using fractional widths ("printer spacing" in WriteNow). I
>was rather shocked to learn that Expressionist doesn't support fractional
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>widths. I was told to send for the latest version (v2.07), but it wasn't clear
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>they even understood my problem.


Does Fractional Widths *do* anything besides screw up otherwise reasonably
stable applications.  (MSWord is another..)

Seriously, fractioal widths causes character spacing to be a little different
but I can never decide if text looks better with it on or off.
(Maybe I dont have an eye for such things?)

Can somebody provide a technical explanation of just what this option does?
And why do so many (well at least two..) applications not support it?
Did the fractional widths idea come along after these apps were written?


To the original poser - Word gets particularly confused with sub/super
scripts.  If momory serves Times mixed with Times Italic works ok if
you dont change sizes.

 
George Jefferson    jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu   george@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu