* Monospaced typeface @ 1997-06-07 1:05 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [not found] ` <wk910l879i.fsf@peorth.gweep.net> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1997-06-07 1:05 UTC (permalink / raw) I've been fiddling a bit with the LaTeX Gnus manual -- <URL:http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/www.gnus.org/documents/> should have the latest results. (I still haven't fixed those chapter Gnus herds.) This version uses a 12 point face, which is too big, I think. It looks nice, but the manual ends up being 300 pages, which is too much. 10 point, perhaps? What's the norm? I've switched to Bembo on the main text and Futura for functions/variables/keystrokes/etc. Looks ok, I think. The one thing I don't like is the face used for the examples, which is that LaTeX typewriter face. We may need a monospaced font, but isn't there anything that looks nicer than that one? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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* Re: Monospaced typeface [not found] ` <wk910l879i.fsf@peorth.gweep.net> @ 1997-06-09 17:17 ` Scott Byer 1997-06-09 17:53 ` Christopher Davis 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Scott Byer @ 1997-06-09 17:17 UTC (permalink / raw) Stainless Steel Rat writes: Lars> This version uses a 12 point face, which is too big, I think. It Lars> looks nice, but the manual ends up being 300 pages, which is too much. Lars> 10 point, perhaps? What's the norm? Rat> Book printing tends to be a 12 point Times Roman or similar face Rat> (Palatino, Bookman, Schoolbook, etc). But if you stick with Times Rat> Roman (CMR -- an especially readable font) you can get down to 9-10 Rat> point and remain readable. Anything smaller than that becomes a Rat> problem for general reading. Note that Times-Roman is small for it's size; a 12 point Times-Roman is often equivalent bit-size-wise to many 11-point typefaces. For monospaced, I prefer Lucida Typewriter (it's what I run Emacs with). It's not as clunky as Courier. -- Scott Byer, Senior Computer Scientist mailto:byer@adobe.com Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mailstop W10 These are my opinions, and 345 Park Avenue do not necessarily reflect San Jose, CA 95110-9704 the opinions of my employer. --------- 56 bits is not enough. Visit http://rc5.distributed.net/ --------- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Monospaced typeface 1997-06-09 17:17 ` Scott Byer @ 1997-06-09 17:53 ` Christopher Davis 1997-06-09 18:10 ` Scott Byer ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Christopher Davis @ 1997-06-09 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw) SB> == Scott Byer <byer@Adobe.COM> SB> For monospaced, I prefer Lucida Typewriter (it's what I run Emacs SB> with). It's not as clunky as Courier. I like it, too, but there's no oblique/italic version! This is a major drawback when you use both colors and font styles for marking various types of text in XEmacs. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Monospaced typeface 1997-06-09 17:53 ` Christopher Davis @ 1997-06-09 18:10 ` Scott Byer 1997-06-09 19:47 ` John McClary Prevost 1997-06-09 18:37 ` Aaron M. Ucko 1997-06-09 18:57 ` Danny Siu 2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Scott Byer @ 1997-06-09 18:10 UTC (permalink / raw) Christopher Davis writes: ckd> I like it, too, but there's no oblique/italic version! This is a major ckd> drawback when you use both colors and font styles for marking various ckd> types of text in XEmacs. Sure there is! Maybe not in pre-rasterized bitmap form, but certainly in Type 1 format. I'm using them now... -- Scott Byer, Senior Computer Scientist mailto:byer@adobe.com Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mailstop W10 These are my opinions, and 345 Park Avenue do not necessarily reflect San Jose, CA 95110-9704 the opinions of my employer. --------- 56 bits is not enough. Visit http://rc5.distributed.net/ --------- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Monospaced typeface 1997-06-09 18:10 ` Scott Byer @ 1997-06-09 19:47 ` John McClary Prevost 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: John McClary Prevost @ 1997-06-09 19:47 UTC (permalink / raw) >>>>> "sb" == Scott Byer <byer@Adobe.COM> writes: >>>>> "ckd" == Christopher Davis writes: { ... regarding lucida typewriter ... } ckd> I like it, too, but there's no oblique/italic version! This ckd> is a major drawback when you use both colors and font styles ckd> for marking various types of text in XEmacs. I find that courier oblique is quite reasonable (and, in fact, I believe it to be quite a bit more readable than either courier or courier italic.) sb> Sure there is! Maybe not in pre-rasterized bitmap form, but sb> certainly in Type 1 format. I'm using them now... I haven't seen them in my X setup, but maybe I just don't know how to request them. Any hints? ;> John. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Monospaced typeface 1997-06-09 17:53 ` Christopher Davis 1997-06-09 18:10 ` Scott Byer @ 1997-06-09 18:37 ` Aaron M. Ucko 1997-06-09 18:57 ` Danny Siu 2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Aaron M. Ucko @ 1997-06-09 18:37 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ding Christopher Davis <ckd@loiosh.kei.com> writes: > SB> == Scott Byer <byer@Adobe.COM> > > SB> For monospaced, I prefer Lucida Typewriter (it's what I run Emacs > SB> with). It's not as clunky as Courier. > > I like it, too, but there's no oblique/italic version! This is a major > drawback when you use both colors and font styles for marking various > types of text in XEmacs. I actually wrote a program to obliquify a BDF font so that I could use Emacs with 6x13 (-misc-fixed-...) and still get italics. You can use it if you want; it should be accessible at <URL:http://web.mit.edu/amu/scripts/slantbdf.pl>. -- Aaron M. Ucko (amu@mit.edu) | For Geek Code, PGP public key, and other info, finger amu@monk.mit.edu. | "Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your home." -- T. Pratchett & N. Gaiman, _Good Omens_ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Monospaced typeface 1997-06-09 17:53 ` Christopher Davis 1997-06-09 18:10 ` Scott Byer 1997-06-09 18:37 ` Aaron M. Ucko @ 1997-06-09 18:57 ` Danny Siu 2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Danny Siu @ 1997-06-09 18:57 UTC (permalink / raw) Christopher Davis writes: SB> == Scott Byer <byer@Adobe.COM> For monospaced, I prefer Lucida SB> Typewriter (it's what I run Emacs with). It's not as clunky as SB> Courier. ckd> I like it, too, but there's no oblique/italic version! This is a ckd> major drawback when you use both colors and font styles for marking ckd> various types of text in XEmacs. How about using Courier as italic and bold-italic font and LucidaTypewrite for the rest? This combo give best of both world. In my .Xdefaults: Emacs.default.attributeFont: -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-12-120-*-*-m-70-iso8859-1 Emacs*Font: -b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-*-12-120-*-*-m-70-iso8859-1 Emacs.bold.attributeFont: -b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-*-12-120-*-*-m-70-iso8859-1 Emacs.italic.attributeFont: -adobe-courier-medium-o-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 Emacs.bold-italic.attributeFont:-adobe-courier-bold-o-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 -- ^..^ '/..\" ( oo ) )~ m( oo )m ,, ,, /=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\ | Danny Dick-Fung Siu http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~dsiu | | Reference System Group http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~dsiu | | Adobe Systems Incorporated E-Mail:<dsiu@alumni.eecs.berkeley.edu> | | "What do you expect from a <dsiu@leland.stanford.edu> | | Cal. Berkeley grad.?" <dsiu@adobe.com> | \=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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