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   Message 438 of 1,946   
   Nancy Backus to Danny Ceppa   
   Re: fonts was: echos   
   07 Jan 06 23:47:24   
   
   -=> Quoting Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus on 01-06-06  23:03 <=-   
      
    DC>> Unless you are publishing something, there's very little need for    
    DC>> all of the fancy fonts.    
       
    NB> What I've needed the fonts for was making the overhead transparencies   
    NB> for illustrating talks/lectures or for putting up the words to songs   
    NB> for a group to sing, to get the letters large enough to read from a   
    NB> distance.   For regular work, straight ascii is certainly sufficient.   
    NB> :)    
      
    DC> Plain and large block works for that!     
      
   I think I usually use New Times Roman or some similar plainish font.   
      
    DC> As it is, I've seen some very poor choices.  Well, at least tried    
    DC> to see it!     
      
   I hear you!     
      
   It's a shame when "fancy" trumps "readable"...!   
      
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