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Re: [lojban] Brochure Aesthetics cont.

To: opoudjis@optushome.com.au (Nick Nicholas)
Subject: Re: [lojban] Brochure Aesthetics cont.
From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:36:04 -0500 (EST)
Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com
In-reply-to: <1DC96B22-0D19-11D7-8AA3-003065D4EC72@optushome.com.au> from "Nick Nicholas" at Dec 12, 2002 01:59:15 AM

Nick Nicholas scripsit:

> Mixing a monospacish and a proportional font in running text is 
> disconcerting; but I really would rather lojban text embedded in 
> English text be in a distinct font. I think we do need the cue, and we 
> shouldn't be overloading Times italic (which already has plenty to do.) 

I agree entirely; I merely ask that a monowidth font be avoided because
of the problems with monowidth spaces vs. proportional ones.  Serif or
sans, I don't really care provided I and l and 1 are distinguishable.

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References:
- Brochure Aesthetics cont.
  - From: Nick Nicholas <opoudjis@optushome.com.au>

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