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".
_ Marco
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