Fontly Speaking

[Rex]

I swear this has been a topic in prior versions of the Swamp, but I don't see any sign of it here.

I need some recommendations for the folder items panel in Microsoft Outlook. Two requirements:
1) I need to be able to easily distinguish between unread items (bold) and read items (not bold)
2) It can't look like shit.

Thanks in advance.

[Jerloma]

I like a Book Antiqua - 11.

[Ryan]

I like a Book Antiqua

Could've fooled me

[Pruitt]

I work in courier, but prefer a nice Garamond.

[mister d]

Calibri over here, but that's because it works well with numbers. Garamond is a nice one.

[mister d]

What the fuck is Aptos Narrow?

[Nonlinear FC]

I like Garamond, Arial and Calibri.

[Johnnie]

What the fuck is Aptos Narrow?

My work computer has Aptos as a default now. Was there some Microsoft update recently?

[govmentchedda]

I really like Aptos. Something Apple related had it as a default recently and I made it my default in Word.

[wlu_lax6]

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/microso ... -font.html
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/22/us/micro ... index.html

[mister d]

Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"?

[Johnnie]

Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"?

Do you also wear ankle socks, boomer?

[The Sybian]

Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"?

Do you also wear ankle socks, boomer?

Fuck, are ankle socks an old man thing? Now that you mention it, my kids wear longer socks. Fuck it, I ain't changing, I'll wait until they come back in style again. I'm still waiting for the Fred Mertz pants up to your nipples and tie tucked into your pants look to come back. It's bound to be any day now...

[Johnnie]

Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"?

Do you also wear ankle socks, boomer?

Fuck, are ankle socks an old man thing? Now that you mention it, my kids wear longer socks. Fuck it, I ain't changing, I'll wait until they come back in style again. I'm still waiting for the Fred Mertz pants up to your nipples and tie tucked into your pants look to come back. It's bound to be any day now...

Yup, sadly it is. Which makes me laugh because my generation makes fun of the older folks out there with New Balances and white calf socks. And here comes Gen Z off the top rope with their current style.

[Nonlinear FC]

For work and actually anytime I'm wearing long pants, I'm sporting my Mack Weldon socks that come up above my calves. I actually hate the feeling of dress socks spooled down at my ankles, so I'm pretty particular about it.

When I'm in shorts, I'm wearing those socks that barely come out of the shoe... Unless I'm doing yard work and don't want to mess with poison ivy and/or debri smacking off my shins.

[mister d]

I wear no-shows with sneakers so I'm not sure if that counts as technically not wearing socks and I don't know if that's better or worse?

[Nonlinear FC]

The fad I was really hoping was going to vanish is the whole "pants hanging almost below your ass, with your underwear fully out there" look. Just looking at that makes me... unsettled.

[DaveInSeattle]

Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"?

The 2 spaces after a period are way too ingrained in me now. There's no way I'll ever change that.

[The Sybian]

Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"?

The 2 spaces after a period are way too ingrained in me now. There's no way I'll ever change that.

My first boss out of law school beat that into me. She insisted every document was consistent across the office, and you didn't fuck with her.

[mister d]

I shook myself of it after some mockery.

[A_B]

I don't check e-mails for it, but anything written in word gets a Find & Replace for the double space.

[sancarlos]

I don't check e-mails for it, but anything written in word gets a Find & Replace for the double space.

Anything written in the Swamp, too.

I wear shorts most days and I’m mostly an ankle socks guy. Should I try to be hipper or just lean in to my ingrained boomerdom?

[Steve of phpBB]

Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"?

The 2 spaces after a period are way too ingrained in me now. There's no way I'll ever change that.

My first boss out of law school beat that into me. She insisted every document was consistent across the office, and you didn't fuck with her.

Consistency is great. Consistent wrongness less so.

The two spaces tell you it’s a sentence end, not an abbreviation.

[P.D.X.]

The 2 spaces thing will die out when the last of the typewriter users exit the workforce.

[A_B]

Yeah, I'm with PDX here. Computers do a fine job of making it work for reading.

I've never once thought about the period being an abbreviation for anything. Imagine "anything." being a shortener.

That said, legal document where there are likely a lot of different punctuation may be the issue for a non-lawyer in terms of comprehension.

[EdRomero]

I thought the 2 space issue ended at least 15 years ago. Now the Oxford Comma on the other hand. . .

[MaxWebster]

I'll probably never stop with 2 spaces after a sentence - not out of any middle-aged stubbornness but it's just so engrained - it's automatic. Like right there I had to force myself into the one space.

[Steve of phpBB]

Yeah, I'm with PDX here. Computers do a fine job of making it work for reading.

I've never once thought about the period being an abbreviation for anything. Imagine "anything." being a shortener.

That said, legal document where there are likely a lot of different punctuation may be the issue for a non-lawyer in terms of comprehension.

It's not an issue for words like "anything." I think the problem is more the other way around - someone uses an abbreviation in the middle of the sentence, and you have to think for a second to determine whether it's the end of the sentence. If you have different punctuation for end of sentence vs abbreviation, that's not an issue.

Obviously, it's not something that happens all the time. But why even run the risk?

[Giff]

Do you capitalize the first word after an abbreviation?

[Steve of phpBB]

Do you capitalize the first word after an abbreviation?

If it's a proper noun, yes.

[mister d]

Or if the abbreviation ended the prior sentence.

[Ryan]

This is all spelled out in Etc. Jones'es Guide to Grammer