Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!adobe!asente From: asente@adobe.com (Paul Asente) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Why is Courier ugly? Message-ID: <13301@adobe.UUCP> Date: 28 Mar 91 06:26:59 GMT References: <27E6EA46.1044@telly.on.ca> <1991Mar26.184045.10113@slhisc.uucp> Sender: news@adobe.COM Organization: Adobe Systems Inc. Lines: 24 In article <1991Mar26.184045.10113@slhisc.uucp> jlister@slhisc.uucp (John Lister) writes: >Meanwhile, I'm still looking for a good fixed pitch font. My complaints about >Adobe's Courier apply to all their fixed pitch fonts. I bought their Letter >Gothic, which is also too light, and their Prestige Elite looks about the same >--at least in "Font & Function". Disclaimer: I'm making this posting as an author. I am currently an employee of Adobe, but I wasn't when I was writing the book I'm about to discuss. Last year I was finishing up a manuscript that I was also doing the typesetting for (X Window System Toolkit by Asente and Swick, if you want to look at the results). I had been using Courier for the monospace font for code examples, and it looked fine on the laser printer proofs. When we got back some sample pages from the typesetter, it was way too light. Courier Bold was way too dark. Time to go looking for another font! Prestige Elite was also too light, but Prestige Elite Bold was just the right weight to combine harmoniously with my body text font (ITC New Baskerville Roman). If you're looking for a monospace font that is about the same weight as common serif fonts, I recommend Prestige Elite Bold. -paul asente asente@adobe.com ...decwrl!adobe!asente