Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] various fixes

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/23/02 at 1:51 AM Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:

>>I considered the big letters-out-of-letters thangs, but didn't think
>>proportional-type viewers would look good with it.  Perhaps I should have
>>risked a kick and used HTML and 25-point type...
>>
>>						Glotmorf
>
>Well, using my hotmail, they line up just fine both in compose and in read
>mode.  Lets do a little survey, especially since I like charts that line
>up
>nice.  Everyone look at this:
>
>Each column should line up perfectly, and each row should be the same
>length:
>a b c d e f g h i j
>k l m n o p q r s t
>u v w x y z | 1 @ M
>------------------^
>
>Here, the columns should NOT line up, but the rows SHOULD be the same
>length
>(testing multiple spaces:
>a  b c    f g h i j
>k l m n o4p q r s t
>u       y z | 1 @ M
>------------------^
>
>Does everyone see them correctly?
>
>The only reason I even bother wasting your time is that I plan to use
>charts
>in proposals, and want to know if they will work.

Then you've got non-proportional fonts.  Lots of web fonts and email client fonts are proportional by default.  Though if you were displaying the chart in a webpage you could of course use tables.

						Glotmorf


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