On Jul 14, 2010, at 6:16 AM, François Charette wrote: > Still, I cannot refrain from asking: what is exactly the point of such fonts? > Any edition of an historical text should be first and foremost legible and > intelligible to modern readers, without distracting them. To accurately > reproduce an original source, digital color photos do a far better job, no?
Yes, but such photos aren't searchable or indexable --- they're also significantly larger in terms of file size and are quite difficult to update and alter to correct errors or reflect modern sensibilities. William (whose wife purchased a reproduction of The Declaration of Independence for him as a Christmas gift last year: http://mbelloff.tripod.com/goddardbroadside.html --- we got the first edition w/ the original wording, but there's a new one w/ updated, more inclusive wording) -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
