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>>>>> "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.