Thanks for the input--with three people recommending the book here and 5 out of 5 reviewers giving it five stars on Amazon, I went ahead and ordered it last night.
Glen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luca Furini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 12:57 PM Subject: Re: commenting the Knuth code/centering issue > Glen Mazza wrote: > > > [BTW, I'm considering getting that Digital Typography > > book by Knuth you had mentioned earlier. Do you > > recommend it? (I was thinking that given all the time > > I spend on FOP I should start looking a little more at > > the scientific aspects of this work.)] > > I think it's very interesting. > It is a collection of essays on various topics, and besides the one about > line breaking (with fabulous features like paragraphs with different sized > lines ...) there is one about bidirectional text, one about fonts ... > It is surely an authoritative source on such matters. > > Regards, > Luca > > >
