Following your Twitter link, I was amused to see that Russia has already conquered Illinois. On my personal web site, I commented on the fact that, on a visit to the web site of the FMJD, the organiz… (View Post)
Many of you may be aware of the three commercial Chess fonts offered by Alpine Electronics, Hastings, Linares, and Zurich. Others of you may be aware of fonts available freely from such designers as … (View Post)
That is a valid point. But it's also true that because people are used to the kind of italics we have with Roman typefaces, a sloped one instead will convey a message that isn't wanted; it will remi… (View Post)
It's also interesting to note that a technique analogous to ink traps, called Optical Proximity Correction, has long been used in integrated circuit fabrication to compensate for the fact that featur… (View Post)
Basically, in the Latin alphabet, having both uppercase and lowercase was a recent invention - it came about in the Carolingian script, which combined Roman capitals with uncial writing for the lower… (View Post)