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Post #173,996 by Arkadiy 9/13/04 5:44:59 PM Reply	IBM Selectric Composer Somebody tried.... [link\|http://shapeofdays.typepad.com/the_shape_of_days/2004/09/the_ibm_selectr.html\|http://shapeofdays.t..._ibm_selectr.html] -- ... a reference to Presidente Arbusto. -- [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001417.html\|Geoffrey K. Pullum]
Post #174,004 by Another Scott 9/13/04 6:05:20 PM Reply	Thanks.
Post #174,017 by deSitter 9/13/04 8:41:33 PM Reply	Wow It's remarkable that the kerning is so similar - I'd say identical with some variation allowed for operation of the device. Did Microsoft just steal the algorithm, or perhaps use a well-known one? After all it's a fairly simple problem depsite its complex appearence. -drl
Post #174,021 by Another Scott 9/13/04 9:08:59 PM Reply	The Story of Times (New) Roman By [link\|http://www.truetype.demon.co.uk/articles/times.htm\|Charles Bigelow]. Info on TrueType is on that site too, [link\|http://www.truetype.demon.co.uk/tthist.htm\|A History of TrueType]. They're good reads. Cheers, Scott.
Post #174,025 by Nightowl 9/13/04 9:27:20 PM Reply	Thanks, very entertaining and informational! All that fuss over a font! Heheh! All I know is that I like Times New Roman best when writing standard Word documents. Nightowl >8# "A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." -- Robert Hughes, Australian Art Critic, Writer
Post #174,032 by Another Scott 9/13/04 9:55:49 PM Reply	New Century Schoolbook is the One True Font! 60 kB .gifs. (new thread) Created as new thread #174031 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=174031\|New Century Schoolbook is the One True Font! 60 kB .gifs.]

About those Killian docs.. - (deSitter) - (44) - Sept. 10, 2004, 04:33:14 AM EDT

Nice try, but not nearly good enough - (marlowe) - (16) - Sept. 10, 2004, 12:16:28 PM EDT

Re: Nice try, but not nearly good enough - (deSitter) - Sept. 10, 2004, 12:19:38 PM EDT

Try again, but research first - (xtensive) - (14) - Sept. 10, 2004, 01:13:53 PM EDT

Eh? Selectric is not the same as Executive. -NT - (Another Scott) - (8) - Sept. 10, 2004, 01:22:18 PM EDT

Not saying they are... - (xtensive) - (1) - Sept. 10, 2004, 01:29:49 PM EDT

Okie Dokie. -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 10, 2004, 01:33:50 PM EDT

Key caps - (deSitter) - (5) - Sept. 10, 2004, 01:38:14 PM EDT

Re: Key caps - (xtensive) - (4) - Sept. 10, 2004, 01:48:27 PM EDT

Re: Key caps - (deSitter) - Sept. 10, 2004, 01:56:17 PM EDT

The expense is irrelevant. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Sept. 10, 2004, 02:01:13 PM EDT

According to other bloggers - (Arkadiy) - Sept. 10, 2004, 02:14:34 PM EDT

Picture of Selectric Composer 47 kb .jpg - (Another Scott) - Sept. 10, 2004, 02:14:04 PM EDT

Re: Try again, but research first - (deSitter) - (4) - Sept. 10, 2004, 01:27:49 PM EDT

I don't have a point, but LGF does - (Arkadiy) - (3) - Sept. 10, 2004, 02:10:47 PM EDT

Re: I don't have a point, but LGF does - (deSitter) - (2) - Sept. 10, 2004, 02:34:03 PM EDT

OK, I did what he did - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Sept. 10, 2004, 05:08:55 PM EDT

Nice! - (deSitter) - Sept. 10, 2004, 05:43:56 PM EDT

CBS is standing by them so far - (JayMehaffey) - (26) - Sept. 10, 2004, 06:07:32 PM EDT

Rather is in over his head - (bepatient) - (3) - Sept. 10, 2004, 08:23:05 PM EDT

All of the obvious complaints are wrong - (JayMehaffey) - (2) - Sept. 10, 2004, 09:20:29 PM EDT

Considering... - (bepatient) - Sept. 10, 2004, 09:59:10 PM EDT

On the superscripts... - (Another Scott) - Sept. 11, 2004, 01:42:22 AM EDT

The CBS statement. - (Another Scott) - (21) - Sept. 10, 2004, 09:35:47 PM EDT

The big question is - (Nightowl) - (20) - Sept. 10, 2004, 09:41:09 PM EDT

It depends on who they got them from, and the conditions. -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 10, 2004, 09:48:26 PM EDT

Probably not - (JayMehaffey) - Sept. 10, 2004, 11:07:24 PM EDT

NYTimes story: CBS won't disclose source. - (Another Scott) - (17) - Sept. 10, 2004, 11:47:48 PM EDT

Nope. - (Nightowl) - Sept. 10, 2004, 11:55:41 PM EDT

This is pure bull - (Arkadiy) - (14) - Sept. 11, 2004, 12:38:22 AM EDT

dumb question - (boxley) - Sept. 11, 2004, 09:09:14 AM EDT

Ahh - (broomberg) - (6) - Sept. 11, 2004, 09:51:47 AM EDT

Nope, not good CYA - (broomberg) - (5) - Sept. 11, 2004, 10:05:22 AM EDT

Manual typewriters don't kern. - (broomberg) - (3) - Sept. 11, 2004, 10:15:13 AM EDT

On the other hand, the upshifted "th" will not be shown - (broomberg) - Sept. 11, 2004, 10:20:31 AM EDT

Kerning wasn't added and it's off by default in Word -NT - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2004, 11:22:42 AM EDT

You're right -NT - (Arkadiy) - Sept. 11, 2004, 12:12:50 PM EDT

I did. - (Arkadiy) - Sept. 11, 2004, 12:10:46 PM EDT

IBM Selectric Composer - (Arkadiy) - (5) - Sept. 13, 2004, 05:44:59 PM EDT

Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 13, 2004, 06:05:20 PM EDT

Wow - (deSitter) - (3) - Sept. 13, 2004, 08:41:33 PM EDT

The Story of Times (New) Roman - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 13, 2004, 09:08:59 PM EDT

Thanks, very entertaining and informational! - (Nightowl) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2004, 09:27:20 PM EDT

New Century Schoolbook is the One True Font! 60 kB .gifs. (new thread) - (Another Scott) - Sept. 13, 2004, 09:55:49 PM EDT

Well, that's incorrect, isn't? - (Simon_Jester) - Sept. 11, 2004, 11:19:52 AM EDT

Sorry. I don't see the benefit for me in that arrangement.
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