Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 23:45:28 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: banner(6) Message-ID: <15069.7144.495235.479984@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104172150100.31324-100000@spaz.huntsvilleal.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010417125214.0456f470@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104172150100.31324-100000@spaz.huntsvilleal.com>
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Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net> types: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Brett Glass wrote: > > That's called ligature. It's different from kerning in that it actually > > combines two characters into one. (My late father was a typesetting > > expert in the days before computer typesetting was common, and constantly > > had to proofread to catch situations in which ligatures were not > > substituted for the appropriate character pair.) > Can anyone give me a link to a "everything you ever wanted to know about > typesetting on-line"? How about an on-line link to everything you ever wanted to know about typesetting? <URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881791326/qid=987568786/sr=1-1/ref=sc_b > There's a 2000 edition somewhere, but I haven't been able to find a copy :-(. There's a *lot* more going on than just the details of font and typefaces, though. If you want a more gentle introduction, try the winner of the award for best title for a book on typography: <URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672485435/qid=987568956/sr=1-1/ref=sc_b > <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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