Re: SSD TBW
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]>
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:33:38 -0700, Don Y wrote: > Put a serif on a glyph and the serif looks disproportionately large. > Dot an I and the dot is 1/3 the size of the i! <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font_hinting> > On 8/23/2026 9:59 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> >> Take apart a document from common present-day office suites and what >> do you find at the core? XML! > > Really? Have a look at the files created by these mainstream tools: > <https://mega.nz/folder/oiJlVAAQ#RD9jjzpEQz0Muskjn2L3jA> Can’t see anything “mainstream” there, I’m afraid. Except the epub one. > Now, suppose I had a tool that told you that the 47th byte (of any > file) was changed to a 0x22. What use is that information to you, > beyond "this file doesn't agree with this OTHER file!" Precisely the point why binary formats are so hard to deal with.