On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 08:19 AM, á³áá¤á á«ááá¥
wrote:
> Do people here know of other cases where advances in publishing
> technology influenced the loss, or gain, of characters?
>
Oriental typography tended to shift more towards a horizontal,
left-to-right layout from its traditional vertical layout because of
the limits of Western technologies. My understanding is that type and
20th century typesetting technologies also had an influence on limiting
the calligraphic range of Arabic books, although I don't know this for
sure.
I've also been told that Latin typography lost many of its swashes and
ligatures as more automation came into the typesetting process.
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