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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 14 Dec 1997.

                            
    
    
Re: CAN'T PASTE!
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Re: CAN'T PASTE!

                    

                        From aardvarko <*RE...@geocities.com>
                        · alt.ascii-art
                        · 14 Dec 1997 00:00                                                    · View full thread
                                            

                

            

        


        

            

                

                    

                        
A proportional font is a font where the letters are different widths. In
a proportional font, these two lines will not line up:

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

In a fixed-width font, however, they will, effectively "decoding" ASCII
art.

Fixed width fonts date back from the days when computers couldn't do
anything better; i.e. MS-DOS. Pretty much the only reason they still
survive is ASCII art and cross-platform compatibility. (i.e. ASCII art
looks the same on a Mac as on a PC)

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>I don't know what a proportional font is.
>   -Sarah
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