RE: [WinMac] Default reading font in Outlook?

LaPedis, Ron(ron.lapedis[at]compaq.com)
Fri, 2 Oct 1998 13:12:37 -0700

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Please send me a copy of this. It sounds like what the doctor ordered!

Ron LaPedis
Compaq Tandem Division
Global Development Systems & Engineering
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Royal [SMTP:jimr@Eicon.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 1998 07:04
> To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
> Subject: RE: [WinMac] Default reading font in Outlook?
>
> Jerry Smith wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to set a default display font for received messages in
> Mac
> > Outlook for Exchange? Most of the mail I get arrives as 9 point Arial
> > which
> > is pretty much unreadable at my monitor resolution (and age :-)).
> >
> You can indeed change the default font in Outlook to something more
> readable
> on the Mac (such as Arial 12 pt), but then your email messages to PC users
> would have fonts that look abnormally large.
>
> The real problem is Microsoft's Arial font for the Mac. The hinting is
> terrible, and boldface or italic versions are completely unreadable.
>
> What I did to address this problem was to take a more readable screen font
> and rename it Arial. I used Geneva. Geneva is very readable at small
> sizes,
> and in bold/italic. I duplicated Geneva, and opened the duplicate font
> suitcase in ResEdit and changed all the naming conventions so that the
> system now thinks Geneva is Arial. I then tossed Microsoft's Arial in the
> Trash.
>
> The upshot is that I get a readable font for display, and PC users still
> see
> Arial in messages from me.
>
> If you like, I can email you my customized font so that you can try it
> yourself.
>
> Jim Royal
> Technical Publications
> "Understanding is a three-edged sword"
>
>
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