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From: Bella Jones on 31 Oct 2009 08:15 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > > But of course I lack your visual restraint, especially when it comes to > > > > colour and clothing. > > > > > > I've taken to using Inconsolata. > > > > That sounds like me when confronted with Pd's leisureware. > > [laugh!] Cracking thread folks! -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Jim on 31 Oct 2009 09:03 Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > But of course I lack your visual restraint, especially when it > > > > > comes to colour and clothing. > > > > > > > > I've taken to using Inconsolata. > > > > > > That sounds like me when confronted with Pd's leisureware. > > > > [laugh!] > > Cracking thread folks! Am I the only one who heard you say that in the voice of Peter Sallis? Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Pd on 31 Oct 2009 10:10 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > But of course I lack your visual restraint, especially when it comes to > > > colour and clothing. > > > > I've taken to using Inconsolata. > > That sounds like me when confronted with Pd's leisureware. Confronted? I think you mean "enlightened" and "embrightened". -- Pd
From: Peter Ceresole on 31 Oct 2009 10:18 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > > But of course I lack your visual restraint, especially when it comes to > > > > colour and clothing. > > > > > > I've taken to using Inconsolata. > > > > That sounds like me when confronted with Pd's leisureware. > > Confronted? I think you mean "enlightened" and "embrightened". Actually it's 'bedazzled'. But one word answers that are also titles of songs sound a bit lame... -- Peter
From: Chris Ridd on 31 Oct 2009 10:27
On 2009-10-31 09:21:57 +0000, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > However I also have set my Message > font in Unison to a monospaced font (is there any other kind for email > and news?) > > Since MacSoup stopped using the beautiful Monaco 9 bitmap and replaced > it with the horrible anti-aliased scaled thing, I've stopped using > monospaced fonts in news. I only switch to the 'alternative font' if > someone posts a diagram or <shudder> ascii art. DejaVu Sans Mono looks fine here. Menlo (Apple's version of it in SL) looks similar. <http://img.skitch.com/20091031-c15xc59exgssu1ajsfy4qp72bk.png> -- Chris |