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To: arthur pritchard who wrote (120834)4/27/1999 1:41:00 PM
From: David Harker  Read Replies (1) of 176387
 
OT - fonts. Proportional font is the default, which means the
width of various characters can vary, depending on how "wide" the
character is - ie, the letter 'i' is skinnier than the letter 'x'

ie, notice below that the periods following each letter do
not line up w/ each other. If I checked 'Use Fixed Font',
they would line up:

i.
x.

That difference in width causes columns of data to not line up.
Fixed fonts use a fixed amount of screen "real estate" per
character, causing a little extra bit of "white space" to exist
around the "skinnier" characters like 'i'.

As you could see from the post I'm replying to, when using
fixed fonts the SI software apparently does not automatically
"wrap" your lines of text, so be sure to hit 'return' every
15-20 words to cause your normal text (ie, not tables)
to stay in readable widths.
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