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

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@mail.com>]

Tahoma and Verdana are my favourites! I put font sub lists like
"Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" on my pages.

Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in article
<391aa8b0$0$31532@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
> 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
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