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From: preston@lll-crg.llnl.gov (David R Preston)
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Subject: Re: Why is Courier ugly?
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That's an easy one.  It looks like a sans-serif font with serifs
tacked on.  I don't know the technical terms to discuss fonts, but
the lines and curves are all the same width.  Totally monotonous.
Also, the overall weight (or do I mean "color") is too light.
However, if the purpose of using it is to set off something as
being different (like including some code in a paper set in a
normal font), it's definitely different.  When I fill out the survey
in the current _Font and Function_, I'm going to answer "good-looking
monospace font" to the "what typefaces would you like to see added
to Adobe's library?" question.  I think a monospaced Optima would be
reasonable for code listing.  Or maybe mono Lucida or Clearface.
-david   

        preston@lll-crg.llnl.gov
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