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Rob Stuart 05-04-2015 11:23 AM

Ann, I'm nowhere near clever enough to have meant such a thing! But thank you for the correction.

Brian Allgar 05-04-2015 11:42 AM

I agree with you about sans-serif fonts, Ann. Even a word like 'curt' can fool the unfocused eye for a moment. I always use Times Roman when I'm writing letters, sending competition entries, etc., and I had forgotten that there is an option on this site to change the font when posting. I shall try to remember to do so in future.

Ann Drysdale 05-04-2015 11:45 AM

I was once told that you can't tell lies in Garamond. Since then I have used no other.

Brian Allgar 05-04-2015 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ann Drysdale (Post 346015)
I was once told that you can't tell lies in Garamond. Since then I have used no other.

Like this, you mean? Yes, it's a very elegant font. But, Ann, you didn't use it in your post above! Does that mean that you were lying?

John Whitworth 05-05-2015 03:19 AM

Rob, I haven't said how much I like your Norfolk poem. I do.

Ann Drysdale 05-05-2015 03:34 AM

Yes, Brian. I lied. Accidentally. I clicked on the font change thing before starting, assuming that it was the same as a document, but when I went to preview it, I forgot that the buttons are on the opposite sides to other sites and I posted it instead, whereupon it said soddya and came out in the usual Arialese. I said bugger and thought perhaps I should highlight it all and do the font thing retrospectively, but when I went into edit mode the option was denied me. However, here I go again...

basil ransome-davies 05-05-2015 03:51 AM

A county where they wipe their arses on the Bard can't be all bad. Cornwall, on the other hand...

John Whitworth 05-05-2015 05:33 AM

If Scotland is a county it is indeed the dregs. One thinks fondly of Flodden field.

Peter Goulding 05-05-2015 02:45 PM

Would I be right in assuming Irish counties are acceptable? We have some beauties here.

John Whitworth 05-05-2015 02:53 PM

It doesn't say not so fire away Peter. Do we suppose the bloody Orkneys are a county?


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