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From: jonathan@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Jonathan Ball)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: adjusting side bearings
Summary: monospacing the proportional fonts
Message-ID: <7869@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 19 Jul 90 18:15:24 GMT
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In article <1990Jul19.062246.5408@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) 
writes:
>woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) writes:
>> The application is monospacing the proportional fonts...
>I wonder...is this the reason Woody has had trouble making it work?  (After
>all, monospacing a proportional font is such a terminally dumb idea that I
>suppose the interpreter might refuse to do it on principle.:-)

Actually, for a while I have been looking for a way to get proportional
fonts in monospacing, albeit for a special applcation.  I just want to print
out the lyrics to some music with the guitar chords over the appropriate
words.  However, if I use any font besides the very ugly non-proportional
one I have (Courier, what else?), the chords are proportionally spaced and
are useless for a guitar player.  So I could see other possible uses for
having *nice* or even *somewhat exotic* fonts still monospaced.  

In fact, if you ever get anything working, Woody, could I get a copy? Thanks!

>   ...Programs, not politics.
I agree.  Although I also think you could work at not coming off sounding so
arrogant at times, Woody.

Jon
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