PCL Right Justify

[Jim Asman]

--------------- Original Message ---------------
At 11:31A Fri Apr 22 2011, Bob Rasmussen wrote:

> Here's another wrinkle on this topic:
> 
> Columns of numbers don't benefit much by being in a proportionally-spaced 
> font. In fact, in most (all?) fonts the digits 0 to 9 are all the same 
> width. So why not print alpha fields in a proportional font, but keep the 
> numeric fields in Courier?


I quite agree. Proportional fonts greatly improve the readability of body
text such as a book or magazine article. Particularly a font with serifs
such as Times. They are great for titles and headings in forms etc, but
tabular data does quite well with a fixed pitch font.

I have seen fonts where the numerals were of varying widths. Never from
HP, but they exist. It's not so much of a sin on "artistic" type but is
problematic for a general typeface.


Jim 
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