On Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:10:49 -0700, ZP wrote:

crap. it looked so good before I hit the "post" button. wish they would
leave the font in courier.

Looked good here (using PAN 0.141 as newsreader). Some newsreaders (PAN
is one) let you set the font used for different window types: I use
'monospaced' for everything. Is it possible that your edit window is
using Courier but the window/panel your usenet reader uses to display
incoming posts is using a variable width font?


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