RE: Saying characters out loud (derives from hash, pound,octothor pe?)

From: David Possin (dave_i18n@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jul 12 2002 - 15:49:29 EDT


OK, while we are at it: smelly fonts, anyone?

(actually I can imagine how some fonts smell)

Dave
--- Barry Caplan <bcaplan@i18n.com> wrote:
> At 09:43 AM 7/12/2002 -0400, Suzanne M. Topping wrote:
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: David Possin [mailto:dave_i18n@yahoo.com]
> >>
> >> so now we have a chromatic audio attribute for each character?
> >
> >Don't be ridiculous. Sounds don't have chroma.
> >
> >There will however be a need for tone and accent variation so that
> >proper localization can be executed.
> >
> >;^P
>
> I have been dreaming of the idea of synaesthetic applications for
> years but haven't come up with a way to do it yet. But sounds
> absolutely will need chroma, that much I know. And when you "say it
> with feeling", the fonts will literally be perceived as "feeling"
>
> Such an application better not be written for Windows, because the
> "blue screen of death" will be felt rather than seen :)
>
> Barry Caplan
> www.i18n.com
>
>

=====
Dave Possin
Globalization Consultant
www.Welocalize.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/locales/

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