Re: [Usability]Name the font option

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 06:38, Gregory Merchan wrote:

> I think of serif fonts when I see typewriter, and how many people know what
> a typewriter is anymore?

Apart from which, most modern typewriters are more like word processors
anyway, and are often more than capable of using proportional fonts...

> I guess I concur with KDE on this one. "Fixed width font" best describes 
> the kind of font, instead of a suggested use (terminal), something invisible
> (spacing), or some archane origin (typewriter). It's also the name of that
> mysterious font whose absence will prevent X from starting.

Think I would have to agree here.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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