----- Original Message -----
From: "William F. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lyx" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 5:44 AM
Subject: OT: mulitvalent (was Re: Pdf utilities and fonts, an off topic iota
recanted)
I found the original post quite interesting, and see something of a
corollary in it (that all letterforms could be meta-ized and described
algorithmically) with that of LyX (that all documents can be worked on by
displaying a visual representation of their underlying meaning and
structure). Unfortunately, just about every algorithmic font format /
system has vanished (elseware's infinifont, Ares FontChameleon &c.)
I am developing an interest in digital typography where a few well
chosen fonts are placed in a page design to mutually enhance some
theme which of course represents an intended message to impart.
A concern to a LyXer choosing fonts and including images. Some
of this falls under the goals of Artificial Intelligence (AI). I doubt
one could describe the precise qualities that make one translation
of Homer's Illiad mediocre, while another is acclaimed as gifted.
What has made "The Lord Of The Rings" the second best seller
to the Bible for the last 50 years. I find that a bit amazing.
As opposed to using Windows-specific trial and demo-ware, I thought that
people might find Multivalent of more use / interest:
http://multivalent.sourceforge.net/Tools/
It can do most of what a typical user might want to do w/ a .pdf, and runs
on pretty much everything.
William
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I looked at Multivalent because I was looking for a free means of
making Pdf documents that could include collaborating comments
as for an academic paper. Adobe Acrobat Pro can enable docs
for Reader that are comment enabled with a few nice features. But
it cost about $500. The closest commenting program I found is
called flpsed, a free postscript utility which works best Linux. The
Cygwin and Msys ports to Windows work but lacked the features
of the Linux version. I think there is version tracking in LyX 1.4.
I noticed Fontographer has been purchased by Fontlab.
Trying to stop stealing sheep,
Stephen
