On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:53:37 -0500, Peter T. Daniels
<grammatim@...> wrote:

> I would've liked to make a Vai font for WWS, but there was no way to
> squeeze it into the what is it, 232? spaces available in a Mac
> PostScript font.

Curious how computer technical people often seem to assume that they have
allocated enough space, when they really have not. "Hard" disks have
repeatedly met size barriers. However, the 64-bit processors starting to
appear won't run out of RAM space in the foreseeable future, for a change!

> Would you believe every Vai character in the book is a teeny weeny
> graphics file! (The text is done a line at a time.)

Surely believable. I put a sticky note about that into my copy at the end
of the chapter, referencing your message.

It seems to me that you could write an interesting article about the
atypical events that occurred in creating WWS; it would be interesting
reading. OUP's price, for once, doesn't seem excessive. (I bought my copy
on sale from OUP at 1/3 price, some time back.)

{Temporarily almost caught up with e-mail.}

Best regards,

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