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0 pointsabritinthebay8y ago0 comments

At that point... why use TeX at all?

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Because it looks much better. If you want proper kerning, ligatures, spacing, layouts etc. just reusing all the work that has been put into TeX is much better than trying to catch up.

abritinthebayOP8y ago

Hmmm the Windows API strategy? That’s not super convincing.

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0 pointsabritinthebay8y ago0 comments

At that point... why use TeX at all?

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diffeomorphism8y ago

Because it looks much better. If you want proper kerning, ligatures, spacing, layouts etc. just reusing all the work that has been put into TeX is much better than trying to catch up.

abritinthebayOP8y ago

Hmmm the Windows API strategy? That’s not super convincing.

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