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Q&A Formatting to show system errors in fiction?

Okay, here's the thing. I'll keep it simple. I use double quotes for general dialogues. Single quotes for flashback dialogues and italicized letters for monologues and emphasis words only. The do...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Amin Mohamed Ajani‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:23:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/17938
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Amin Mohamed Ajani‭ · 2019-12-08T04:23:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
Okay, here's the thing. I'll keep it simple. I use double quotes for general dialogues. Single quotes for flashback dialogues and italicized letters for monologues and emphasis words only.

The doubt comes when I want to show a computer error in the scene. The novel's written in Times New Roman. I thought I could just use a different font like Courier New to show the computer error. Doable?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-06-28T18:42:25Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 3