"Code Sandwiches"

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:43:43 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote:

> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message
> news:ilbmlp$oq$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> On 3/10/11 2:22 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> "Lars T. Kyllingstad"<public at kyllingen.NOSPAMnet>  wrote in message
>>> news:ilaa5k$2vls$2 at digitalmars.com...
>>>> Embedding formulas as images isn't really an option, because you want
>>>> them to be in the same font as (or a font that looks good with) the
>>>> document's main font.
>>>
>>> That strikes me as worrying over a trivial detail. Is the formula's
>>> font *really*the point, or it is the formula itself?
>>
>> http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/cm.html
>>
>>
> Those look the same to me.

A tiny difference in one symbol, for sure, but in a document with 
thousands and thousands of symbols, such small differences add up and can 
impact both reading speed and eye strain.


> "In fact, the old delta was so ugly, I couldn't stand to write papers
> using that symbol; now I can't stand to read papers that still do use
> it."
> 
> And I thought *I* tended to be particular about things!

Well, Knuth is the designer of TeX, so it's not too surprising that he 
has opinions about such details. :)

-Lars