Re: About the Nerd Boy book
From Simon Williams <bil...@microsoft.com>
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· 26 Jul 2004 19:04 · View full thread
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Andrew Z Carpenter <az...@cirencester.ac.uk> wrote: > > "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in message > > news:2mh...@uni-berlin.de... > > > > Yeah, that's a big issue. Everyone views Nerd Boy in different fonts. > > Some people in Fixedsys, some in Lucida Console, and some in whatever > > font they have lying around. However, I draw them in Courier New. > > I twinge when I see Nerd Boy in other fonts. For example, in Fixedsys, > > NB's glasses are all squashed; the O's aren't round. > > > > And yes, I realize that it looks like NB's boots have heels in Courier. > > I guess he's a closet crossdresser (haw haw). > > > > I'm a Lucida Console kinda guy, myself. I'm partial to Apple II 80-column... the green phosphor glow really brings NB to life. -s -- ._____. SIMON WILLIAMS *email*at*luddite*dot*ca* |[LD8]! LUDDITE APPAREL http://apparel.luddite.ca | (O) | FAILURE RECORDS http://failure.luddite.ca !__!__! LC475 WEBSERVER http://luddite.no-ip.com
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