Question: Should "Font" be added to subject IDs

   I have hesitated to add a "Font" subject ID, because it wouldn't be
good to have too many.  But it seems like it makes sense.

   On the one hand, a font can be line art or a Figlet font, so there can
be IDs like:

Line: Fiddler's Font
Binary: fiddlers.flf font

   These are OK, but fonts are popular and different enough to seem to
justify a "Font" subject ID.  What do you think?

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Bob Allison (bob...@wwa.com) wrote:

:    I have hesitated to add a "Font" subject ID, because it wouldn't be
: good to have too many.  But it seems like it makes sense.

all for  it. i support  funts in all sizes. i love
candid camera.

sorry. just felt dreadfully silly for a moment.

please add a font ID.  it's so much more intuitive
and appropriate than "line:".

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Bob Allison (bob...@wwa.com) wrote:

|>    I have hesitated to add a "Font" subject ID, because it wouldn't be 
|> good to have too many.  But it seems like it makes sense.

|>    On the one hand, a font can be line art or a Figlet font, so there can 
|> be IDs like:

|> Line: Fiddler's Font
|> Binary: fiddlers.flf font

|>    These are OK, but fonts are popular and different enough to seem to 
|> justify a "Font" subject ID.  What do you think?

I like this idea, fonts do seem to be becoming very popular.  It could
be useful if used

Font: (flf)
Font: (line)

'cos then all would know which it was. It'd make life easier for those
of us running figlet for a network, as I could just automatically get
all the figlet fonts rather than searching for them.


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Great idea; I would personally suggest ID's like "Line-font:" /
"Font-line" and "Figlet:".

Wills

Hola mundo.

I think that a figlet font must be posted using Font: in the subject.
This is useful when crossposting to FIGLET-L to distribute a font.

The replies, comments and others must change the id to Talk:

Using Binary: is not required, since Font: says all... an uuencoded
probably compressed figlet font (if uuencoded :-)

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