elastic tabstops, proportional fonts, and more

[Bowerbird at aol.com]

i said:

>    gruber, if you're reading, would you answer this:

>    do you use a monospaced font to write your blog?

>    or to write _anything_ that you do with markdown


ends up gruber mentioned this just recently on his blog:

>    (Preemptively answering the inevitable question: 

>    I use Monaco 10 for text documents, 

>    but Consolas 12 for shell worksheets.)

>    http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/12/15/bbedit-91


so david, your supposition on the "expectation" of markdown
-- at least as conceived by gruber -- was entirely correct, and
i have to admit that i was wrong.   not the first time, not the last.       

:+)


-bowerbird



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