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From: ron@cai.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: HP deskwriter 9 pt. Courier (Monaco) lacks "_"
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.152032.6681@cai.uucp>
Date: 27 Feb 91 15:20:32 GMT
References: <1991Feb26.162756.22160@digibd.com>
Reply-To: ron@cai.UUCP ()
Organization: Century Analysis Incorporated
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In article <1991Feb26.162756.22160@digibd.com> merlyn@digibd.com (Merlyn LeRoy) writes:
>The subject line says it, pretty much.  HP's Monaco replacement font
>Courier does not print out the underscore character in 9 point.
>12 point works, strangely enough.  Removing the font from the Deskwriter
>Fonts folder works too, because then it just uses the Mac's Monaco font.
>(but then it doesn't look as good or prints as dark as Courier).
>
>Has anyone hacked HP's Courier font to print an underscore?  If not, I'll
>try to fix it and post any results.  I haven't looked at it too much,
>but it isn't a resource, just a data file.  Doesn't look encrypted.
>
>---
>Merlyn LeRoy

I noticed a similer problem when printing a program listing from Think C ver. 4.0.  All my #defines that had an underscore in them were coming out as two seperate words.