Re: CityRail Olympic Passenger Numbers

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

"Michael"
> Tezza

> >> It makes sense to look at Newsgroup posts in a standard font
> >> such as Courier New.
> >
> >No, it makes sense to look at Newsgroups in whatever looks good to the
> >individual.
>
> Everyone can view fixed width fonts, not everyone can view many dynamic
> fonts, for example Comic Sans MS.

Then they just change what they view it in, simple.

> My chosen font for Xnews is Arial (crap
> font, I know - but it's readable) BUT, and a very big BUT, my news reader
> has a fixed width button, that automatically changes the text to a fixed
> width font, in my case Courier New.

So, you never had a problem then.

>
> My posting edit screen uses Courier New, because my newsreader, being RFC
> compliant, keeps my own posts at 76 columns, unless I specify not to.

I did have wrap at 76 on, but whenever anyone replied it would my original post all over the place, so I turned it off.

>
> The problem with using a non-fixed font (i.e. dynamic font) is that they
> all differ. Times New Roman is different to Arial is different to Comic
> Sans MS. For the sake of posting tables, it's wise to post in a fixed width
> font because all systems support it.

If X-News, Agent and Outlook don't need it, why bother.


>If I am using a unix terminal, which I
> do from time to time, and as a few people here use, you are confined to a
> fixed width font or nothing. Using your logic, EVERYONE should switch to
> Comic Sans MS (one font) to view your table.

Gee, I musta missed where I stated that. You stated you have a Fixed Width Font button, so does Agent, Outlook is fine, where's the
problem?


> Using a fixed width font, you
> have a large number of options still, and with a decent newsreader, you can
> still carry on using your favourite font.

I am.