Fontage

May 28, 2006 12:51



this intrigues me. (Not that I ever used any of those fonts)Actually, I change fonts quite often, but I have a love of sans-serif. I also like Terminal, just because I think programming fonts are pleasant. My default font is Nimbus Roman No9 L, an OpenOffice default. I don't like Times New Roman any more. Nimbus Roman is very clean, with slight ( Read more... )

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givemehistory May 28 2006, 09:51:39 UTC
I'm a courier new pt 10 kinda girl. ;)

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master_gopher May 28 2006, 09:54:07 UTC
I haven't had a courier phase yet, maybe I should :P

I've always gone with 10.5 for some reason. Maybe I just like the certainty that I've decided down to .5 of a pixel... defaulting to 12 is just ugly. When I'm asked for 12 on essays I always use 11 just to spite them. Also 1.5 spacing instead on double, because double just looks ragged and ugly.

Pedantic? Me?

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givemehistory May 28 2006, 10:11:33 UTC
Also 1.5 spacing instead on double, because double just looks ragged and ugly.

WORDY MCWORD. Except when my professors insist, I always go 1.5 spacing. And I refuse to go above 11 pt font, again, unless it's insisted upon. Ugh.

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master_gopher May 28 2006, 10:16:23 UTC
I was playing with Courier... you're right, it is indeed nice. I found I have a variant called Courier 10 Pitch, which is a little heavier and a little taller... I rather like it.

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flamingeyebrows May 28 2006, 11:34:11 UTC
Man this is the nerdiest chat ever.
And i read Aint it cool news posts.:p

PS: I like Comic Sans MS and Lucida Calliagraphy.:P

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master_gopher May 28 2006, 11:39:12 UTC
haha, you hypocrite. Lucida is ok. I prefer Chancery. Especially URW Chancery L.

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givemehistory May 28 2006, 15:26:31 UTC
Oh, that is a nice one. $99, omg.

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master_gopher May 29 2006, 06:18:12 UTC
That price is ridiculous - it came with OpenOffice, which is shareware. So those people haven't a leg to be standin' on.

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