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From: Chris Ridd on 1 Nov 2009 02:34 On 2009-11-01 07:11:22 +0000, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> 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> > > I've moaned about it before - I do so like the bitmap Monaco (on the > left) vs the anti-aliased version (on the right): > > <http://img.skitch.com/20091101-qujq9429tgdigkba4kaybi4936.png> That's partly down to MacSoup. Unison does not display Monaco 9 or 10 using anti-aliasing, though does from 11pts upwards. I still prefer the look of DejaVu Sans Mono over Monaco at 12pts. -- Chris
From: Mark on 1 Nov 2009 04:57 On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:14:22 +0100, Cloudane wrote (in article <200910312014228930-yoosenett(a)cloudanecom>): > On 2009-10-31 08:48:12 +0000, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> said: > >> On 2009-10-30 23:43:50 +0000, Cloudane <yoosenett(a)cloudane.com> said: >> >>> I'm using Unison here, but am fairly new. Well, not new-new, but >>> haven't been on Usenet for many years. >> >> I -have- been on Usenet for many years, and am also on Unison. About >> the only thing that annoys me for Unison is that I can't scale the >> fonts using the normal cmd-+ shortcuts, other than that it works well >> for me. >> >> Would also like an enhancement to accept .newsrc files so that I can >> sync with Newstap on the iPhone, but that's just a nicety. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Ian > > Yeah I was just thinking earlier how much I'd like to see some form of > synchronisation. > > Well, it's encouraging to see that people are still calling it Usenet > and not "Google Groups" ;) > > I'm not fussed about the wrapping 'issue' myself, just that I > remembered people on Usenet tend to be quite... keen on their way of > doing things (as anyone who's witnessed a top-posting debate unfold > will probably attest). Didn't want to be annoying anyone with lines > that are too long or anything along those.. lines :P > Bit of a side-step, but I recently found <http://www.hilpers.org/comp-sys-mac/> which has UCSM mirrored on t'web (no posting obviously). Threaded(?) though, as opposed to GG's "newest post first" mentality. Cheers ... Mark
From: Mark on 1 Nov 2009 04:58 On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:57:19 +0100, Mark wrote (in article <0001HW.C7130C0100D6A7E8B01AD9AF(a)news-text.blueyonder.co.uk>): > On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:14:22 +0100, Cloudane wrote > (in article <200910312014228930-yoosenett(a)cloudanecom>): > >> On 2009-10-31 08:48:12 +0000, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> said: >> >>> On 2009-10-30 23:43:50 +0000, Cloudane <yoosenett(a)cloudane.com> said: >>> >>>> I'm using Unison here, but am fairly new. Well, not new-new, but >>>> haven't been on Usenet for many years. >>> >>> I -have- been on Usenet for many years, and am also on Unison. About >>> the only thing that annoys me for Unison is that I can't scale the >>> fonts using the normal cmd-+ shortcuts, other than that it works well >>> for me. >>> >>> Would also like an enhancement to accept .newsrc files so that I can >>> sync with Newstap on the iPhone, but that's just a nicety. >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ian >> >> Yeah I was just thinking earlier how much I'd like to see some form of >> synchronisation. >> >> Well, it's encouraging to see that people are still calling it Usenet >> and not "Google Groups" ;) >> >> I'm not fussed about the wrapping 'issue' myself, just that I >> remembered people on Usenet tend to be quite... keen on their way of >> doing things (as anyone who's witnessed a top-posting debate unfold >> will probably attest). Didn't want to be annoying anyone with lines >> that are too long or anything along those.. lines :P >> > > Bit of a side-step, but I recently found > <http://www.hilpers.org/comp-sys-mac/> which has UCSM mirrored on t'web (no > posting obviously). Threaded(?) though, as opposed to GG's "newest post > first" mentality. > > Cheers ... Mark > Unscientific test - about 1 minute to update with this post. Mark
From: Peter Ceresole on 1 Nov 2009 05:02 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > That's partly down to MacSoup. Unison does not display Monaco 9 or 10 > using anti-aliasing, though does from 11pts upwards. I still prefer the > look of DejaVu Sans Mono over Monaco at 12pts. I can see why you might; for me, the best size for Monaco is 10, at which size it looks balanced and eminently readable. Any larger, and for me it starts to look awkward. And the anti-aliasing at 10 pt looks just fine. But all this is totally personal. -- Peter
From: SM on 1 Nov 2009 07:49
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > That's partly down to MacSoup. Unison does not display Monaco 9 or 10 > using anti-aliasing, though does from 11pts upwards. I still prefer the > look of DejaVu Sans Mono over Monaco at 12pts. I like DejaVu except its @ symbol Stuart -- cut that out to reply |