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Record 1 2003-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Publishing
  • Office Automation
CONT

Word processors frequently have two types of font spacing: proportional spacing (typically used for standard book publishing) and fixed spacing (which has the appearance of typewriter script, fonts such as Courier and Monaco).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éditique
  • Bureautique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Publicación electrónica
  • Ofimática
OBS

Todos los tipos de caracteres están diseñados con un espaciamiento fijo o proporcional. Al usar el espaciamiento fijo todas las celdas de caracteres tienen el mismo ancho, mientras que con el espaciamiento proporcional el ancho de cada celda de carácter depende del tamaño del carácter.

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