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From: koontz@cam.nist.gov (John E. Koontz X5180)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Why is Courier ugly?
Summary: Courier was less popular than Prestige Elite
Message-ID: <7862@alpha.cam.nist.gov>
Date: 27 Mar 91 15:49:07 GMT
References: <1991Mar15.225317.13890@ico.isc.com> <27E6EA46.1044@telly.on.ca> <Mar.22.16.01.27.1991.855@khazad-dum.rutgers.edu>
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In article <Mar.22.16.01.27.1991.855@khazad-dum.rutgers.edu>, gasior@khazad-dum.rutgers.edu (Eric Gasior) writes:
> >The biggest problem, though, is that it's so ubiquitous - It's the only
> >font you can produce on just about every typewriter, daisy wheel, LQ dot
> >matrix and laser printer ever built. It's too common. 
> 
> Ubiquitous? I've never seen a Courier wheel for my printer, and the 
> Selectrics I've seen generally don't have it either. Not all monospaced
> fonts look alike, or as bad as Courier. 

Courier is widely available, but in my [fairly limited] experience with
such things most people preferred and got Prestige Elite instead.