From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 00:37:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3939F16A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:37:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B690243F75 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:36:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from beta.home (ppp48-44.lns1.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.48.44]) hAH8auaG098019; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:06:58 +1030 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" From: Malcolm Kay Organization: At home To: Harald Schmalzbauer , questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:06:56 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <200311170501.32484@harrymail> <200311170505.56708@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <200311170505.56708@harrymail> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200311171906.56334.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Subject: Re: non-proportional fonts for X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:37:02 -0000 On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:35, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > On Monday 17 November 2003 05:01, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > perhaps someone achieved something useful from the search for a good = mail > > font. > > I don't like misc-fixed for mails (I use kmail) so I took courier-new > > 9pt. But with that font the 1 and l are looking very similar with les= s > > that 10pt. And 10pt is too big for me. > > So I switched to Lucida typewriter. Readability at 9pt is quiet good = but > > I'd like to know your favourites. > > > > Best regards, > > > > -Harry > > > > Proportional lines should end with # at the same position > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > non-proportional of yourse (the one I'm looking for) > Sorry! In my opinion serif fonts look best and are easiest to read when the=20 resolution is high. But at low resolution non-serif are better. So for 10 pnt at 75 dpi I'd certainly use a non-serif font; and for 12 pnt at 120 I'd certainly use a serif font. I like to work at 120dpi on a monitor that pretty much resolves the pixel= s and then my first choice is 'nimbus mono l'. It is actually coded as a=20 proportional font but is in fact mono-spaced. You'll find it in the fonts provided in gnu-ghostscript and can be fed=20 directly to the X fontlist. Malcolm Kay