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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, which is part of the |
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> htmldoc package. So, try using Helvetica instead, as it should |
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> render a bit cleaner since it is a PostScript font. It will also allow |
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> you to get rid of the MS fonts, eventually; all of the "core fonts" |
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> have PostScript equivalents. |
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I hadn't noticed that. I just got to go compare those. You got me curious. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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This is Arial. This is Helvetica. Not very much difference here. |
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Helvetica may be a bit larger tho. That would help these old eyes. |
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:-D Sorry, couldn't resist. |
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