On 14/07/2010 15:51, William Adams wrote:
On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:45 AM, François Charette wrote:
The edition itself should indeed be searchable, indexable and the accompanying
apparatus should provide clear evidence for all changes the editor(s) made to
the original source(s). The photographic reproduction should only complement
the edition, which as a rule should not aim at reproducing the paleographic
peculiarities of the original sources from which it was made. Even when a
source exists in only one manuscript (or printed book) reproduced in full (in
print or in electronic form), I believe it is advisable to provide a modern
edition as well.
One of the coolest things ever was the Corbis CD-ROM _Leonardo_ w/ its unique
``Codescope'' viewer:
http://www.atpm.com/4.06/page13.shtml
So I could see using a font like this for something like that.
William
Very nice. If I remember correctly, something similar to "Codescope" was also devised at
the Max-Planck Institute for History of Science in Berlin for their online edition of
mechanical works by Galileo Galilei. Perhaps they took inspiration from it, who knows.
F
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