> > I am using IE 5.5 on Windows 95, and whenever I go to a website that uses a {font-family: monospace} font specification, I get a weird messed up font which uses lines instead of normal characters.
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> Do you have the correct Courier / Courier New TrueType (or OpenType) fonts installed on your machine? That should be, being Courier New TT included in any standard installation.

Yes, I have several variations on Courier installed. I worry, though, that I have problems because of the sheer number of installed fonts on my machine -- 677 in total.

> Try to open notepad, Edit->Set Font, select Courier New and try to write something.

Oddly enough, I don't have an Edit-Set Font command on my Notepad. I thought that program never eveolved, but I guess it must have changed at some point.

> If the problem persists also in Notepad, check where are the cour.ttf, courbd.ttf, couri.ttf, courbi.ttf files. If they are missing, reinstall them from a valid W95 source.

I just tracked down the font that is appearing and shouldn't be and deleted it, and if that doesn't help, I'll try this.

> Monospaced fonts can be always rendered as Courier.
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> For technical details about fonts, files, specs., see following link.
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> Bye,
> A.

Thanks for your help!

Don Monkey