RE: PPIG discuss: punctuator similarity

[Mario Camilleri]

There was indeed much more to it than that.  If I remember correctly (it's been years now since I read this stuff) Hofstadter was actually very much interested in the perception of letter forms.  He was in a way criticizing Knuth's approach to parametrising letter forms ala Metafonts.  Still, I think this is a long way from Derek's original query.

Cheers

At 08:13 24/05/2002 +0100, you wrote:

No, it was very much more than that - there were lots of projects that
came out of the original letter spirit stuff, but none of them may be
relevant. (And I can't remember any details offhand)

L.

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