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From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Non-Proportional Fonts
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Date: 30 Nov 90 22:29:51 GMT
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I wrotes:

>I think about the best you can hope for is something clear,
>legible, and that says, ``Hey!  This is computer code!''  From Font &
>Function, Prestige Elite looks a little too fancy (more like typewriter
>output than computer code), but Letter Gothic might have potential.

I had another thought.  Code listings should clearly distinguish between
the numeral 0 zero and the letter O (oh).  1 (one) vs. l can be another
gotcha.

Zero and oh in letter Gothic seem to be almost identical.  Oh well. 
Prestige Elite isn't much better.

With all their billions of fonts, why hasn't Adobe some up with a good
monospaced font with slashed zeros for source listings?

-- 
Geoff Allen          \  Computers are useless.  
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