Wordpad: Which fonts are mono-spaced?

"Charles W Davis" wrote in message
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"BillW50" wrote in message ...
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Paul Randall typed on Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:42:34 -0600:
Finding a font with all the properties you want is a PIA. Sorting on
an important property like monospacing is impossible in windows
explorer. One monospaced font that often works for me is Lucinda
Console. It is available here if not already on your computer:
http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free...%20Console.ttf

-Paul Randall

"Will" wrote in message
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Some websites mention monospaced fonts in Wordpad that I don't have.
Courier and some other ones (that I have) are so fine that its hard
to read. Also the difference between Bold and Normal is almost
indistinguishable. In non-monospaced fonts there's a clear
difference in Bold and non-Bold type. Any suggestions for a
"thicker" monospaced font? Also, I'm writing this from Windows Live
Mail and its not allowing me to add words to the dictionary when I
right click a word that has the red line underneath it. There is so
much computer slang I want to add. And does anybody know where this
dictionary is so I can back it up?

Lucinda Console is what Notepad uses by default. Another often overlooked monospaced font is
Terminal.

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2

Arial is the default on both my Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista Home Premium...

On my computer the following fonts are non-proportional.
Consolas, Courier, Daja Vu Sans Mono, Lucida Console, OCR A Extended, Quick type II Mono & Victoria
Let.

I'm using DejaVu Sans Mono. Sounds like a venereal disease from a past life.
Its got a fairly pleasant look to it and there is a big difference between bold and non-bold.

You might try word.printingfonts. Are you using Courier (a screen font) or Courier New?
Suzanne S. Barnhill

Sometimes it does seem like it predates typewriters, but that's another
story. As I mentioned, the Courier font doesn't work for me because
its too fine and there is almost no difference between bold and non-bold.
So I hoping for other recommendations, please.

To Suzanne: There is no Wordpad newsgroup. This seemed as close as
possible. As Wordpad is included with XP it seemed logical to post there.
As this is a font question, it seemed logical to post in a word processing
newsgroup whose "parent" is the same (Microsoft.) Hope that makes sense.

Unless your computer predates typewriters, it will have the Courier font.

Some websites mention monospaced fonts in Wordpad that I don't have.
Courier and some other ones (that I have) are so fine that its hard to
read. Also the difference between Bold and Normal is almost
indistinguishable. In non-monospaced fonts there's a clear difference
in Bold and non-Bold type. Any suggestions for a "thicker" monospaced
font? Also, I'm writing this from Windows Live Mail and its not allowing
me to add words to the dictionary when I right click a word that has the
red line underneath it. There is so much computer slang I want to add.
And does anybody know where this dictionary is so I can back it up?

Some websites mention monospaced fonts in Wordpad that I don't have. Courier and some other ones (that I have) are so fine that
its hard to read. Also the difference between Bold and Normal is almost indistinguishable. In non-monospaced fonts there's a
clear difference in Bold and non-Bold type. Any suggestions for a "thicker" monospaced font? Also, I'm writing this from Windows
Live Mail and its not allowing me to add words to the dictionary when I right click a word that has the red line underneath it.
There is so much computer slang I want to add. And does anybody know where this dictionary is so I can back it up?

Finding a font with all the properties you want is a PIA.

I'm realizing that!

Sorting on an important property like monospacing is impossible in windows explorer.

Windows Explorer? I'm using it in Wordpad. Not understanding you here.

One monospaced font that often works for me is Lucinda Console.

Yes - didn't realize it was monospaced. Its a nice looking font except it doens't have much bold and non-bold difference. Really
too bad since its a lot nicer than the DejaVu Sans Mono. I make lists and without the ability to bold, I can't highlight stuff as
easily. I could use color I guess. And underline. That is one nice looking font!

"Will" wrote in message
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Sorting on an important property like monospacing is impossible in
windows explorer.

Windows Explorer? I'm using it in Wordpad. Not understanding you here.

In WXP, most folders have a standard set of columns/attributes that can be
displayed in the folder window. Some folders, like My Pictures, have
additional attributes, such as camera model, height and width, and get this
info from the content of picture files, when the view mode is set to
details. It seems as though WXP should be smart enough to extract relevant
info from the font files in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts and present it in the folder
view.