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From: rjv@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Ron Vaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Why is Courier ugly?
Message-ID: <2110001@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Mar 91 16:47:48 GMT
References: <1991Mar15.225317.13890@ico.isc.com>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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>2) Consider the laser printer manufacturers - they supply the machines with
>bad fonts - that way they have a good chance of other people buying better
>fonts - I wouldn't put this past printer manufacturers!
>Dave Gilbert

you would be SHOCKED at the high number of people hours that HP, as a printer 
manufacturer, puts into improving/maintaining the quality of their fonts.  
i can't speak for other vendors.

	rjv