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On 19 May 2010, at 23:14, David W Noon wrote: |
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> On Wed, 19 May 2010 22:30:03 +0200, Dale wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] |
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> corefonts being depcleaned?: |
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> [snip] |
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>> Yea, it has times, ariel and a few others that I use a lot so it has |
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>> to stay. I was going to try without it but I use those a lot. Ariel |
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>> is really good for me to read with these old glasses. |
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> Arial is simply the TrueType clone of Helvetica ... |
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Helvetica (in red) overlaid with Arial (in blue): |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arial_Helvetica_overlay2.svg |
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"Though nearly identical to Linotype Helvetica in both proportion and |
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weight (see figure), the design of Arial is in fact a variation of |
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Monotype Grotesque, ... Subtle changes and variations were made to |
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both the letterforms and the spacing between characters, in order to |
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make it more readable on screen and at various resolutions." |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial |
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Stroller. |
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