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Subject:Re: Bold or not bold...that is the question From:Peterson Karen <Peterson_Karen -at- PRC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:31:11 -0400
Dear Susana,
I agree with Wil Gaffga about another font. We use Courier in the same size
to designate file names, directory names, and UNIX commands; and we use bold
Courier to designate typed info.
The only problem we've found is that we use italic to designate
user-inserted information, and there isn't that much of a difference between
regular Courier and italic. Another option is to put user-inserted info in
these brackets <>, but we're afraid our users will type the brackets.
Therefore, if the typed info includes user-inserted stuff, we follow the
line with "where *thing* is the directory name" (I'm using asterisks to
signify italic Courier here).
Good luck,
Karen
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