Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!gatech!prism!capone!ken From: ken@capone.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: why are all books Times Roman ? Summary: Tradition, history Keywords: typefaces, fonts Message-ID: <795@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 7 Jun 89 23:19:41 GMT References: <485@hsi86.hsi.UUCP> Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Reply-To: ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) Organization: The House Of Fun Lines: 10 -- As they say in Fiddler, it's 'tradition'. Certainly, font technology has progressed, but that doesn't mean that the publishing industry has taken advantage of it. ...ken ken seefried iii ...!{akgua, allegra, amd, harpo, hplabs, ken@gatech.edu masscomp, rlgvax, sb1, uf-cgrl, unmvax, ut-ngp, ut-sally}!gatech!ken