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> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:50:25 +0000
> From: Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
> Cc: 
> 
> Courier New is particularly bad for exhibiting this problem.
> Unfortunately it is also one of the few fixed width fonts we can rely on
> being installed on all Windows installations, so it is the default.

Perhaps we could advertise the other, better, fixed-width fonts, so
that people who do have them would switch to using them.  Can you tell
what fonts are better than Courier New?