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In article <1157029476.562934.130120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Peter T.
Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Dik T. Winter wrote:
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> > On the other hand, TeX/LaTeX is a typesetting language. You tell it
>
> Then why are they-all (are you?) advocating using it for word
> processing?
TeX excells in what it was designed for: typesetting mathematics.
But you misunderstand. I am not advocating it for every use, I
am only trying to correct some misunderstandings you have. On the
other hand, there appear to be WYSIWYG front-ends for TeX/LaTeX.
> > D. E. Knuth has typeset quite a few books with this system. (Although
> > I still think his Computer Modern font is horrible.)
>
> Isn't that an astonishing paradox? He puts decades of work into this
> "typesetting" system but the default font is one of the worst text
> types ever designed.
Well, actually, that is a matter of taste. I know people who like
Computer Modern very much. But it is easy to use any font you
have with TeX. Just tell it where the font metric and data files
are and there you go.
> And he doesn't have exactly the best advocate in Merritt Ruhlen.
I wouldn't know.
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