On 04/18/2001 10:03:24 AM Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>Peter Constable wrote:
>> In newer software, our custom-encoded font practices are having
>> their true identity revealed. They're hacks.
>[...]
>>If the quarriers hadn't conformed to the standards established by the
>>architects, the pyramids would never have been built.
>
>If Johannes Gutemberg hadn't hacked goldsmiths' punches and wine presses
>(with the vile purpose of counterfeiting costly manuscript books!) we
>wouldn't be here talking about the digital by-product of typography called
>"Unicode".
And so we have among us demonstrated that there is a proper place for both
standardisation and improvisation.
- Peter
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Peter Constable
Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA
Tel: +1 972 708 7485
E-mail: <peter_constable@sil.org>
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