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Re:We've failed: open access is winning and we must change o... by shliachtx on Sunday September 17, 2017 @12:28AM (#15268243)
Literally why TeX exists. Donald Knuth couldn't tolerate the poor quality of digital typesetting.
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Re:We've failed: open access is winning and we must change o... by wolfi1 on Monday September 18, 2017 @05:59AM (#15274563)
that's not entirely correct. when linotype was dumped phototypesetting was introduced. and it seems it was not possible to reintroduce the typesetting of the linotype age. DEK wanted to have a digital typesetter reproducing the same quality of linotype. if the typesetting of that time and if it was digital at all was poor quality is unbeknownst to me
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