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Old 04-03-2002, 01:00 PM   #12
IngredientX
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[quote]Originally posted by blynch10:
<strong>Also can anyone tell me why what is typed in the message is not formated the same once displayed int the forum.....All my nice columns are squished.
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It's because the font used in the text box used to compose messages is Courier, which is a fixed-width font (all characters are the same width, which makes columns easy to create). But the actual message board uses a variable-width font. In this font, the letter m is wider than the letter i.

m
i

In Courier, these letters are the same width as each other, and every other character.

Hope this answers the easier question in your post.
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