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From: lennert@xs4all.nl (Lennert Stock)
Subject: [Talk] Windows fonts and ASCII art
Date: 1996/10/04
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organization: XS4ALL
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newsgroups: alt.ascii-art



A small request to Windows users. Basically, Courier (New) is considered
the "standard" fixed-size font, but to my humble opinion, it destroys the
appeal of an ASCII picture. It sucks. I tried some other fonts such as
fixedsys, and they are an improvement over Courier. Still I think many
pictures look better on other systems and terminals. What I want to know
is, what is -your- favorite Windows font for displaying ASCII art? Do you
know more tricks eg. patching the line-spacing?

Cheers,
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