Warren Ockrassa wrote:
> I can't speak to the printing issues but it seems a bit backward
> that you'd get something on the screen and another thing from the
> printer. (Read: bad design someplace.)
Ah yes, one of the (many) annoyances of our (expensive) accounting
package.
Apple struggled wi
Scott Raney wrote:
> I'm not sure who to credit here, Microsoft or the printer
> manufacturers. But Windows is the only platform with a bad problem in
> this area, and MetaCard isn't doing anything special to cause it. One
> could certainly argue that we've not done enough to work around it,
>
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Warren 'The Howdy Man' Ockrassa wrote:
> I can't speak to the printing issues but it seems a bit backward that
> you'd get something on the screen and another thing from the printer.
> (Read: bad design someplace.)
I'm not sure who to credit here, Microsoft or the printer
ma
>Lastly, can I point out something which graphic artists and page
>designers have known for decades: when reading large blocks of text, the
>easiest to read fonts are serif fonts (the ones with little tiny feet on
>them) like Times/New York.
To go a little further OT with fonts...
The following
>Lastly, can I point out something which graphic artists and page
>designers have known for decades: when reading large blocks of text, the
>easiest to read fonts are serif fonts (the ones with little tiny feet on
>them) like Times/New York.
This is debatable for onscreen fonts, due to the someti
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> In my day job, I use an accounting package that displays everything in
> Arial. It is difficult to read, it cuts off the bottoms of letters (the
> descenders, like the tail on a lower case "j").
Ouch, and a good point. I should have clarified.
When I write educational c
In earlier discussions about cross-platform stand-alones, various people
have suggested that developers stick to common fonts like Arial (on PCs)
and Helvetica (on Macs).
Can I make a plea that you DON'T use those two fonts? Please?
In my day job, I use an accounting package that displays everyt
