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Subject: Re: Fonts at 300 dpi (was: Wanted - Review of "Ellington" Font)
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Date: 9 Nov 90 20:42:58 GMT
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In article <39436@ut-emx.uucp> clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) writes:
>I stand by my guns. Univers is boooo-ring.  :-)

to each his own... "do as you will, you always do..." 2:^o

>One of FG's many virtues is that it makes a much better headline face than
>Helvetica, for those who like to do sans headlines with serif body copy in
>newsletters/newspapers. 

i think it can work very well as either a headline or a text face, but
then again, my design interests and directions lean more to the avante
garde look so a person with more conservative outlook might frown at this
type of usage.

>mise? Let's call them Slab Serifs--after all, THEY do (points to Font and 
>Function with a pious expression). 

and you believe everything that's written in F&F?? actually, i tend to
mistakenly lump many Egyptian and Slab Serif fonts together, so the
compromise is fine with me.

and now, back to work for me. --d

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