also, if there were two options, one for each person, that might be useful.

> The reader needs to feel that this is something they could
> reasonably expect to read on screen, but they'll be reading it
> in print.

may sound weird... but why don't you try to use a bitmap version of courier, arial etc.?

or outbox?

I'm sure if you can describe the characters, the type of company they work for, the type of cumputer they are using and the year in which the story is set, we can tell you *exactly* which font they'd have picked for their email.

Cheers, Si

> bizarre suggestion

i knew this would sound weird...! :-)

only problem, I want to use something I already have a license for. The nature of the correspondence is a romantic one...very indiscreet of the characters, using email. My goal is to find something that works on paper and is easy to read but has a clean, contemporary feel that would not be out of place in an email. Maybe a geometric sans?

What font you use depends on what n!samual looks like.

Andale Mono?

I went with Avenir 35 Light for the her email and Franklin Gothic Book for his.

I think any monospaced face would say 'computer'.

Bizarre suggestion. What if you used Nick Shinn's Handsome? Could be a nicer way to say letter. Although I see a hole in this idea as you are setting e-mailed correspondence.