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From: Andrew M. Taylor <amtaylor@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Win 3.0 font problems
Message-ID: <1991Jun2.202137.3412@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 91 20:21:37 GMT
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Hi everyone,
I am creating a standard form for offices in three different cities using
Microsoft Excel, hopefully Version 3.0 (when everyone upgrades).
There are a number of different printers used:  Epson dot matrix, IBM
4019E, H-P Desjet 500, H-P LaserJet IIP.  These are basically stock
machines with very few extra fonts installed.  I wanted to pick a font
that seemed appropriate for the document that would look somewhat
similar on all of the different printers used, and the Roman fonts
seemed to fit the bill (haven't tried w/ Epson yet).  Here is the
problem:  There does not seem to be an appropriate screen font (I'm a
little new at this, so bear with me!) to display my work on the screen
when i use Roman fonts.  In Excel 2.1d, the font display is very fuzzy
and ridiculously slow.  In Excel 3.0, the screen font is HUGE -- only
about 3 cells across can be displayed -- not exactly convenient for
editing.  I'm sure there must be a relatively simple way to solve
this, but how?  Will it cost much money, if any?  My general manager
is just getting turned on to my idea, but he is as yet reluctant to
spend money (everybody's problem, right?).  At least for my own
personal use in the interim, are there shareware options?

Thank you, thank you, thank you,
Andrew Taylor
Bloomington, IN
