Re: Pdf utilities and fonts, an off topic jot

2005-11-13 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Matthew Gates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 3:19 AM Subject: Re: Pdf utilities and fonts, an off topic jot On Sunday 13 November 2005 11:03, Stephen Harris wrote: Probably you thought that I was going to lead

Re: Pdf utilities and fonts, an off topic jot

2005-11-13 Thread Matthew Gates
On Sunday 13 November 2005 11:03, Stephen Harris wrote: > Probably you thought that I was going to lead up to something > profoundly philosphical ... ...when actually it seems all you want to do is spam us. Thanks a bunch.

Pdf utilities and fonts, an off topic jot

2005-11-13 Thread Stephen Harris
Hola LyXers, Background: Nigh onto 20 years ago I read the Pulitzer prize winning, "Godel, Escher and Bach", by Douglas Hofstadter. He followed this by "Metamagical Themas" and in chapter 13, took issue with Donald Knuth's expectation for the future of TeX and Metafont. [See Myhill's characteriza