On May 30, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Joey K Tuttle wrote: > 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 > Joey,
I have a Greek New Testament. In it the beginning of the Gospel of John is (quite roughly) : "en arxe eyn ho logos, kai ho logos eyn pros ton theon, kai theos eyn ho logos ... which in English reads: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the word was God" What would it take to get a Greek font on my computer? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
