On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:14:26 +0100, in message 20150210201426.fjx1phoo%sdao...@yandex.com, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
> Heinz-Jürgen Oertel <hj.oer...@t-online.de> wrote: > |Am Montag, 9. Februar 2015, 16:19:51 schrieb Peter Schaffter: > |> Groffers -- > |> > |> I don't see any mention of this in the list archives, and it's too > |> wonderful to miss. If you want a glimpse of days gone by, have a > |> look at > |> > |> http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/751318.pdf > | > |I like this statement: > |"ROFF is a computer program which produces esthetically pleasing \ > |manuscripts from punched card source texts." > > ..and i hoped that it wasn't used for producing the document in > question, seldom have i seen such huge gaps in between words, it's > almost unreadable (in fact i gave up after a few pages)! > > --steffen Same here. Alas, "This report is itself an example of a ROFF generated manuscript." Adding insult to injury, it appears to have been printed on a (*shudder*) chain printer. Note the varying baseline heights. --Dale -- Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. -- W. Somerset Maugham
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