Re: SSD TBW

On 8/24/2026 4:47 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> 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>

Doesn't matter if you are constrained by what can be *presented*.

>> 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.

You're experiences are likely those of a programmer so probably have little 
experience in professional document preparation.

QuarkXpress, FrameMaker, Ventura:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_desktop_publishing_software>
<https://www.guideflow.com/blog/desktop-publishing-software>

<https://www.datainsightsmarket.com/reports/font-design-software-1981044>

Fruity Loops (FL Studio), Forte, Sibelius:
<https://worldmetrics.org/best/composition-music-software/>
<https://www.musicianwave.com/best-music-notation-software/>

Photoshop, Lightroom, PhotoPaint:
<https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-photo-editing-software>

And every desktop has *icons*.

And, before you claim there are FOSS / text based products for all of
these, please indicate WHEN they became available and how they compared
to their competing paid tools 5, 10, 20 and more years ago as the paid
tools have been "producing products" for all those years that those
others have been "just dreams".

>> 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.

They are hard because you haven't got the tools to deal with them
and your VCS wants to pretend they don't exist.  I have no problem
tracking revisions in P4 -- but, it doesn't LIMIT itself to text!