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From: jak9213@HELIOS.TAMU.EDU (John Kane)
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Subject: Re:  One week up and we're still going!
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Bullets: On the Mac, I use the same shortcut, option-shift-8, to get the
standard bullet. I often find this bullet to be too small. What I do is
increase the font size of the bullet.

I rarely use the auto line spacing. There are many reasons for this, but
bullets are one of the first that come to mind. For instance, if I am
setting 9 point type, I set the leading to 10 points, instead of auto.
Then, when I need a bullet, I enter the character for the bullet, and
adjust the font size to 12 points on _10 point_ leading. This gives me a
larger bullet, without affecting the line spacing.

I also use the same trick for setting fractions, like 1/2. I superscript
the 1, but use a large font size than normal. I leave the /2 on the
baseline, ie. I don't subscript the 2. I then make the 2 a smaller font
size. I finally kern the 1 and / closer together, and sometimes need to
kern the / and 2 closer. The effect is pretty good.

 John Arthur Kane, Systems Analyst, Microcomputer Support and Training
 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843  (409) 845-9999

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