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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
