Re: (OT) fonts (was Station Platform Name Boards [NSW])

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

I'll myself clearer next time...

MK is right about "fonts not included". Of course we all know Tahoma/Verdana is another cheap rip
off Frutiger Roman (put the small "y" next to each other and you'll know!)


"Michael Kurkowski" <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message 8F31E4DBFtelstraNews@139.130.239.94">news:8F31E4DBFtelstraNews@139.130.239.94...
> hubert@imap4.com (Hubert Lam) wrote in
> <391a9d87$0$31500@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>:
>
> >New signage seen on CityRail stations use Frutiger Roman (a Mac font).
> >Changed around 1.5 years ago with Wynyard and Circular Quay
> >Old signage would probably be Helvetica or Switzerland (Mac fonts again)
>
> <pedantic>
> They aren't mac fonts, they are just fonts not installed by default on a
> Windows system (-: Helvetica is available on almost all systems except
> Windows afaik.
>
> Before my last format, I replaced Arial with Helvetica in almost all
> possible cases. Can't stand Arial's cheap rip-off of Helvetica. (Put a
> Helvetica and Arial capital "R" side by side and see what I mean).
> </pedantic>
>
> Regards
>
> Michael