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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Anything but Courier!!
Message-ID: <2824@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 10 Mar 88 18:51:55 GMT
References: <20453@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Followup-To: comp.fonts.wheat
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <20453@bu-cs.BU.EDU> berlin@buita.bu.edu (David Fickes Einstein Project) writes:
>
>I'm working with several spreadsheets and am able to prot them to
>our unix box without any problems... Currently, I am using Transcript
>to print the spreadsheets landscape using Courier which is a non-proportional
>font.  Any of the proportional fonts foul up the columns.  I've been
>asked to print these sheets with something besides that "ugly" Courier
>font and would like to use a pseudo-Helvetica (non-proportional) if 
>I can find one...  
>
>On the other hand, if anyone has a brilliant idea on filtering
>these files to print properly using a Helvetica font I'm open
>to suggestions....
>
>thanks, david

Why dont you make a seperate font, from Helvetica, that is monospaced ?


Or, by altering the aspect ratio of Courier, we have come up with some
pleasing alterntives.


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