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From: Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <dave@xemu.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: chinese new year - newyear.txt (0/1)
Date: 1997/02/09
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In a<slrn5fs9p4.c02.guckes@banach.math.fu-berlin.de>, Sven Guckes writes
>> I thought I read somewhere that the differant font types used between two
>> differant speaking and computer languages/fonts are quite differant.

  You have to use fixed-spacing (typewriter) fonts like "courrier"
at both ends.
  The thing to do is snailmail him a printout of your picture,
then email him the same thing.  Without any need for words,
it will be obvious what is wrong with his view of the email
version, and how to fix it.

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