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Subject:Re: Font Needed From:John Lord <jlord -at- LIVINGSTON -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 23 Jun 1997 17:00:28 -0700
On 6/18/97 I wrote:
>>I am looking for a PostScript type 1 font - for both Mac and PC - that is
monospaced and can be used to represent the typical screen font seen on
many ASCII terminals. Microsoft has a PC screen font called "Terminal", and
there is a Mac screen font called "VT-100". Both of these look great
on-screen at 10pt but neither seems to be available in PostScript format.
Courier/New Courier is frequently used for this purpose, but is a poor
representation.
Any ideas?>>
I'm surprised, but I did not receive many suggestions from the TECHWR-L.
So, after perusing many pages of font descriptions I am taking a good look
at a Bitstream font called "Letter Gothic 12 Pitch". This is a PostScript
type 1 monospaced font that IMHO provides a much better representation than
Courier, and takes up a lot less horizontal space. It is included with
CorelDRAW 6.0 and is available for both Mac and PC in Regular, Italic,
Bold, and Bold Italic.
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John Lord Manager of Technical Publications
Livingston Enterprises, Inc.
Pleasanton, California.
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