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From: malcolm@alice.marlow.reuters.co.uk (Malcolm Melville)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: fonts
Message-ID: <255@alice.marlow.reuters.co.uk>
Date: 22 Feb 88 18:01:27 GMT
Organization: Reuters Ltd, London, England
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Keywords: fonts proportional fixed-pitch

I have an interesting little problem that I guess has been tackled before
but I can't find anything relevant around at the moment. What I want is a 
font (that can be displayed on CRT displays) that can be used for tabular
data (ie requires a fixed pitch so that numbers line up in columns) and
for free flowing text (ie proportional) but that looks 'similar'  to the
viewer. Most fixed pitch fonts seem to be 'chunkier' than proportional
fonts and thus don't look to good when they are placed on the same screen.

Any references would be welcome. I have access to postscript for 
experimentation so I maybe just need a font name or two to play with.
Thanks in advance
Malcolm

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Malcolm Melville