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From: paul@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de (Paul Foerster)
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Subject: Line & Talk: Readability test of new font/sig
Date: 28 Jul 1994 13:37:53 -0500
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coyote@u.washington.edu (Jon R. Plummer) writes:
>I've been playing with a font, and want compactness but....

> /\ /\ /\    /\    /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
> \ \  \\ \  /  \   \ \  \  \ //  |
>  \ \\ \  \/ / / //\\ \\ \\ \\/\  \   this looks too tight to read
>/\/ // /__/\  / \/ // //\//\// //\/
>\  /  / \   \ \\  /  / \\ \\  / \
> \/ \/ \/    \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
> /\  /\  /\    /\      /\  /\  /\  /\  /\
> \ \/  \_\ \  /  \     \ \/  \/  \/ / /  |
>  \ \/\ \   \/ / /\  /\ \ \ \ \ \ \/\/\/  \   this might be OK
>/\/ /\/ / __/\  /\ \/ /\/ /\/\/\/\/ / / /\/
>\  /\  /\ \   \ \ \  /\  /\ \ \ \ \  /\ \
> \/  \/  \/    \/  \/  \/  \/  \/  \/  \/
> /\   /\   /\     /\        /\   /\   /\   /\   /\
> \ \ /  \ _\ \   /  \       \ \ /  \ /  \ / /  /  |
>  \ \ /\ \    \ / / //\  /\\ \ \  \ \  \ \ /\/\ /  \   pretty easy to read
>/\/ / \/ /  __/ \  / \ \/ / \/ / \/\/ \/\/  / /  /\/
>\  / \  / \ \    \ \  \  / \  / \ \  \ \  \  / \ \
> \/   \/   \/     \/   \/   \/   \/   \/   \/   \/
> /\    /\    /\      /\          /\    /\    /\    /\    /\
> \ \  /  \  _\ \    /  \         \ \  /  \  /  \  / /   /  |
>  \ \/ /\ \/    \  / / / /\  /\/\ \ \/  \ \/  \ \/ /\/\/ /  \   very easy
>/\/ /\ \/ /\  __/  \  /  \ \/ /\ \/ /\ \/\/\ \/\/\  / /\  /\/
>\  /  \  /  \ \     \ \   \  /  \  /  \ \   \ \   \  /  \ \
> \/    \/    \/      \/    \/    \/    \/    \/    \/    \/

... use number three which you classified as "pretty easy to read", imho.

Yours,

Paul



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