X-Google-Thread: f996b,633379230abd2af4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.28.186.77.MISMATCH!hwmnpeer03.lga!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!newsfe13.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Faux_Pseudo Subject: Re: Proportional Fonts - AOL macro art References: <1169878466.121390.94530@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1169878575.494631.293770@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: f0sud0@gmail.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Lines: 26 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:43:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.160.58.34 X-Complaints-To: admin@cox.net X-Trace: newsfe13.lga 1170038618 70.160.58.34 (Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:43:38 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:43:38 MST Organization: Cox Xref: g2news2.google.com alt.ascii-art:2934 _.-In alt.ascii-art, Arthur J. O'Dwyer wrote the following -._ > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Faux_Pseudo wrote: >> _.-In alt.ascii-art, pepsi.dc@gmail.com wrote the following -._ >>> oops, the working link is http://www.angelfire.com/ca/CpRiDeAndDC/ >> >> The fonts aren't displaying right in Firefox 2. >> It is treating them like fixed width fonts like one would use for >> ascii art but macro art doesn't use fixed fonts. > > FWIW, the page doesn't seem to be using a fixed-width font now. > Firefox 2 on Windows XP displays it with a proportional font, but > it doesn't look like the font the OP was expecting! > http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ajo/disseminate/pepsi.png This image Firefox 2/Linux on the top and elinks on the bottom. http://fauxascii.com/photo/pepsi.png They are both coming up with fixed fonts. The bottom one doesn't have a choice since it is a text browser that displays /everything/ in fixed fonts but the Firefox one on top is also showing fixed font and not a proportional font. -- =()==()==()==()==()- http://fauxascii.com \ \ \ \ \ \ ASCII artist :F_P:-O- -O- -O- -O- -O- -O- -O- \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \