Fontly Speaking
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Fontly Speaking
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.
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.
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I like a Book Antiqua - 11.
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Could've fooled meJerloma wrote:I like a Book Antiqua
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I work in courier, but prefer a nice Garamond.
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I like Garamond, Arial and Calibri.
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My work computer has Aptos as a default now. Was there some Microsoft update recently?
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I really like Aptos. Something Apple related had it as a default recently and I made it my default in Word.
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Do you also wear ankle socks, boomer?
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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...
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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.The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 12:06 pmFuck, 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...
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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.
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.
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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?
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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.
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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.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 2:07 pmThe 2 spaces after a period are way too ingrained in me now. There's no way I'll ever change that.
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I don't check e-mails for it, but anything written in word gets a Find & Replace for the double space.
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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?
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Consistency is great. Consistent wrongness less so.The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 2:09 pmMy 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.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 2:07 pmThe 2 spaces after a period are way too ingrained in me now. There's no way I'll ever change that.
The two spaces tell you it’s a sentence end, not an abbreviation.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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The 2 spaces thing will die out when the last of the typewriter users exit the workforce.
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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.
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.
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I thought the 2 space issue ended at least 15 years ago. Now the Oxford Comma on the other hand. . .
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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.
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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.A_B wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 7:15 am 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.
Obviously, it's not something that happens all the time. But why even run the risk?
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Do you capitalize the first word after an abbreviation?
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If it's a proper noun, yes.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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This is all spelled out in Etc. Jones'es Guide to Grammer
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