Re: CityRail Olympic Passenger Numbers

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"-Mitch-" <mitch@aus.rail> wrote in message CExA5.885$KY1.3084@news1.rivrw1.nsw.optushome.com.au">news:CExA5.885$KY1.3084@news1.rivrw1.nsw.optushome.com.au...
> Comic sans is one font that shouldn't be used with newsgroups. Because news
> readers today often word wrap on 78 characters, and because fixed width
> fonts ARE the standard for newsgroups and email, it would make sense to use
> them. This also means we have a common grounds across all systems when it
> comes to tables using spaces.
>
> Comic sans table looks like this:
> #| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
> 1 | 1 | 2 |  3 | 4|
> 2 | 2 | 4| 6 | 8 |
> 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12|
> 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16|
>
> A fixed width table will always turn out looking like this:
> # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
> 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
> 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
> 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12|
> 4 | 4 | 8 | 12| 16|

Obviously your "this" is different to my "this" as the Comic Sans MS one is better aligned.