Re: Reference card, version 5

Text-only version follows. The mockup is attached.

The points have been reordered, in accordance with peoples' wishes, but
mostly to make everything fit. Everything just barely fits now.

See the new TABLES point. Our collective version was too long to fit, so I
put on my alchemist's cap and started distilling and sublimating. How
close have I come to discovering the philosopher's stone and the universal
panacea? 

To those who happen to use laser or inkjet printer technology: I ask that
you print out the card. Is everything legible at this scale? It is small. 
I kept the same typeface size, but I had to shrink the spacing between
paragraphs, and in some cases, between lines and letters. 

If there are legibility concerns, let me know. There are a couple of words
that can be trimmed -- even if we prefer that they not be. 

Please get your comments to me as soon as possible. The next version 
should be it.

Alan

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