Of interest to typesetters - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123992364819927171.html
The memory of that article jumped out of the remarks below... - joey At 20:41 +0100 2009/05/30, Ian Clark wrote: >Watching this with interest, due to my typesetting task of "At Play >With J" Edn 2. (See JChat). > >It's the considered opinion of BAA Vector typesetters (not just me) >that (in-line) J is a swine to typeset. APL is relatively benign. >Periods and colons are unmistakable. A-Z and numerals are sufficiently >different from the narrative fonts in use by Vector (Book Antiqua). >There's 50 years of experience with in-line APL. > >I haven't seen a proposal yet for a J font which overcomes the >problems. APWJ Edn1 & 2 uses APL385 Unicode for J code as well as APL, >to recruit some of the subtle benefits of in-line APL. This is based >on Comic Sans. I myself when editing the definitive Word document have >an in-line-J style with a yellow background. The colour is removed >just prior to generating the camera-ready PDF. We're tempted to leave >the colour in the PDF -- where it will come out mid-grey. > >Alas, incoming source material often lacks clear delineation of the >in-line J code -- or if present it can't be trusted. It's a >compounding factor that the back-tick used by Moinmoin to delineate >in-line J is also a valid J character. > >Ian Clark > > >2009/5/30 Björn Helgason <[email protected]>: >> =. >> It could be an idea to show the operations with very large fonts and >> separated by blanks in teaching material so the DOTS will stand out well >> >> 2009/5/30 Devon McCormick <[email protected]> >> >>> On the other hand, it would be nice to have a display font for J with the >>> small "dot" characters (period and colon) more prominently emphasized. >>> >>> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > I believe that "The Design of J", if it had been written, >>> > would have frowned on such font tricks, having learned >>> > from the bitter experience with the special characters >>> > in APL. >>> > >>> ... >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Devon McCormick, CFA >>> ^me^ at acm. >>> org is my >>> preferred e-mail >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Björn Helgason, Verkfræ©£ingur >> Fugl&Fiskur ehf, >> ®erneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum >> Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , >> t-póst: [email protected] >> gsm: +3546985532 >> Landslags og skrú©£gar©£ager©£, gröfu©jónusta >> http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming >> >> >> Tæknikunnátta höndlar hi©£ flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans >> >> gó©£ur kennari getur stigi©£ á tær án ©ess a©£ glansinn fari af skónum >> /|_ .-----------------------------------. >> ,' .\ / | Me©£ léttri lund ver©£ur | >> ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | >> / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | >> ( -. | `-----------------------------------' >> | ) | (\_ _/) >> (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ?????? >> `. )----' (")_(") ?? >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
