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How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:19 am
by Bill Sikes
Eh?

How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:21 am
by Erinna1112
You shouldn't post the entire article - it's a copyright violation. Post the first couple of paragraphs and a link to the rest.

How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:23 am
by persephone
Erinna1112 wrote: You shouldn't post the entire article - it's a copyright violation. Post the first couple of paragraphs and a link to the rest.
That made me laugh, great answer.

How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:49 am
by Bill Sikes
How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:07 am
by persephone
Do you really need fixed width font?

Wouldn't it have to be one of the fonts that the FG system allows or you just wouldn't be able to do it unless it was in an attachment?

How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:40 pm
by Erinna1112
Bill ~

Sorry for the knee-jerk response. I am an artist, and I take intellectual property concepts seriously. However, I should not have assumed that you were violating copyright - I have no idea what you're wanting to post and it could very well be original work. So, my apologies, and I'll stay out of this hereafter because I haven't the technical knowledge you need.

How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:47 pm
by BabyRider
Now isn't that cool? Someone who MAY have been taken the wrong way correcting themselves. :yh_clap Erinna. So Bill....What IS a fixed-width font? I don't have the technical knowledge you need either. I don't have the technical knowledge I need! :yh_rotfl

How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:05 pm
by anastrophe
Erinna1112 wrote: Bill ~



Sorry for the knee-jerk response. I am an artist, and I take intellectual property concepts seriously. However, I should not have assumed that you were violating copyright - I have no idea what you're wanting to post and it could very well be original work. So, my apologies, and I'll stay out of this hereafter because I haven't the technical knowledge you need.
it is not necessarily copyright infringement to post an entire article. fair-use applies in many cases. it's considered polite to provide a link back to the original.

How do I post an article using a fixed-width font?

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:11 pm
by anastrophe
So, here's some text in a variable width font.



123456789

abcdefghij

klmnopqrst

uvwxyz



you'll note above that if you look 'down' column six, the letters aren't aligned - the 'f' and 'p' are slightly off, as is the 'z'.



here's some text in a fixed-width font:



123456789

abcdefghij

klmnopqrst

uvwxyz



and if you look down column six above, you'll note that 'f' 'p' and 'z' are all exactly lined up beneath the '6'.



The font i used for the fixed-width is "fixedsys' - just click on the down arrow on the selector box.



To post the article in a fixed with, cut and paste it into the text box, highlight and select all of it, then change to the fixedsys font.



this assumes you're using the enhanced editor, which is the only way to fly in my opinion.