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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Andrew Murdoch)
Subject: [OT] Re: Odd question.
Date: Fri Dec 28 19:10:01 2001
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Gurth wrote:

> > Not only
> > do I want to know as a Shadowrun junkie, but also it's about the only
> > easily-readable, proportional, serifed typeface out there that isn't
> > Times New Roman.
>
> How about Garamond?

Okay, Garamond works too, though, except for some longer, thinner
ascenders and descenders, there's not much difference between it and
TNR. Francis at least has some originality to it and yet is suitable for
pages and pages of text without giving the reader a headache.

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Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Wallace Blade)
Subject: [OT] Re: Odd question.
Date: Fri Dec 28 22:10:00 2001
Andrew Murdoch said:
>Okay, Garamond works too, though, except for some longer, thinner
>ascenders and descenders, there's not much difference between it and
>TNR. Francis at least has some originality to it and yet is suitable for
>pages and pages of text without giving the reader a headache.

I remember seeing a Shadowrun source somewhere, though I think I remember
that it was almost just as TNR. I'm not sure, anyway, where it was, so...

Sepherim

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Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: [OT] Re: Odd question.
Date: Sat Dec 29 05:30:00 2001
According to Andrew Murdoch, on Sat, 29 Dec 2001 the word on the street was...

> Okay, Garamond works too, though, except for some longer, thinner
> ascenders and descenders, there's not much difference between it and
> TNR.

Only at first sight, IMHO, but then, I sometimes spend a bit too much time
trying to find the perfect font for something I have in mind :)

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