Typographic style is more than cosmetic

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Authors:	Paul W. Oman	Univ. of Idaho, Moscow
	Curtis R. Cook	Oregon State Univ., Corvallis

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	Volume 33 Issue 5, May 1990 Pages 506-520 ACM New York, NY, USA table of contents doi>10.1145/78607.78611

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