Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:06:56 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: non-proportional fonts for X Message-ID: <200311171906.56334.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <200311170505.56708@harrymail> References: <200311170501.32484@harrymail> <200311170505.56708@harrymail>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:35, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > On Monday 17 November 2003 05:01, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > perhaps someone achieved something useful from the search for a good = mail > > font. > > I don't like misc-fixed for mails (I use kmail) so I took courier-new > > 9pt. But with that font the 1 and l are looking very similar with les= s > > that 10pt. And 10pt is too big for me. > > So I switched to Lucida typewriter. Readability at 9pt is quiet good = but > > I'd like to know your favourites. > > > > Best regards, > > > > -Harry > > > > Proportional lines should end with # at the same position > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > non-proportional of yourse (the one I'm looking for) > Sorry! In my opinion serif fonts look best and are easiest to read when the=20 resolution is high. But at low resolution non-serif are better. So for 10 pnt at 75 dpi I'd certainly use a non-serif font; and for 12 pnt at 120 I'd certainly use a serif font. I like to work at 120dpi on a monitor that pretty much resolves the pixel= s and then my first choice is 'nimbus mono l'. It is actually coded as a=20 proportional font but is in fact mono-spaced. You'll find it in the fonts provided in gnu-ghostscript and can be fed=20 directly to the X fontlist. Malcolm Kay
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