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Post #174,021
by Another Scott
9/13/04 9:08:59 PM
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New 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
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New 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
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New 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

Doh! Wrong button, Scott!
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