Carlos, et al -- ...and then Carlos E. R. said... % % El 2021-04-15 a las 12:10 -0300, Marco Calistri escribió: ... % >Use fixed width characters for simple text messages % % That's specially bad in a computer related mail list. Tell me how % you see this: That's bad? I would think that that it is GOOD. Why would proportional fonts be better than fixed on a computer list? I can think of countless occasions when someone tried to list some code (indentation), point to a piece of a line above (lots of spacing/tabbing), draw a picture (spacing plus chars of different thicknesses), and so on that crash horribly under proportional fonts. % % +----------+ % | | % | | % | |----> Ascii Drawing. % | 1 % | | % +----------+ It looks like a lovely box to me, of course (save for the "1" oops), because I use a fixed-with font :-) Soooooo ... Confusion? Typo? Or a real opinion that proportional is better than fixed? Just curious, with a dash of confused ... Have a great day! :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt