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From: des@frogland.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd)
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Subject: Re: ATM 1.1
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Date: 26 Mar 91 10:08:41 GMT
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In article <73552092@bfmny0.BFM.COM>, tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
|> That GillSans supplied with Adobe Type Manager 1.1 is a pretty weird
|> font, isn't it!  I hate the tiny x-height as far as 300dpi printing
|> goes.  Doesn't it look like the face the Brits use on their street and
|> tube signs and a lot of their adverts?

I think GillSans was designed for either road signs or the tube here.
N.b. road signs, tube, rail, airports etc all have there own 
individually designed fonts ! though they all look pretty similar!

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