On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Taco Hoekwater <t...@elvenkind.com> wrote:
> Alan Stone wrote: >> >> The most important thing I understand from reading the fonts manual >> and the ConTeXt manual's old and new font chapter for the n-th time >> (lost count), is that explaining fonts and their use is not a piece >> cake. As such, every effort in trying to explain it in a way that's >> understandable to non initiated people can only be appreciated and >> welcomed. > > Any remaining inclarity in any published documentation is by definition > unexpected by the author of that documentation. So if something is > unclear, you really have to mention specifically what it is exactly > that is unclear. Otherwise, no progress will ever be made... When I write, I try to guess the level of understanding/background of the reader. With fonts (also graphics) it isn't appropriate to provide all the background in a TeX documentation, so what is needed is a some pointers to the required background material. I do expect a reader who comes without the required background to find things they don't understand, but the way to handle that is to send them to the appropriate references. -- George N. White III <aa...@chebucto.ns.ca> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
