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From: etaylor@wilkins.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Eric Taylor)
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Subject: Re:  Proportional vs. Fixed Fonts
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Date: 17 Dec 90 16:24:03 GMT
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Does the concept of a "fixed widget font" exist in X?
Is not a "fixed width font" merely a font where the
width of each character happens to be the same?

IF this is true, then the only way to check is to
bee-bop down the character metrics for each character
and check them for being of the same width.
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					Eric Taylor
					Baylor College of Medicine
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