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-rw-r--r-- | info/biblio/font.bib | 56 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | info/biblio/font.ltx | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | info/biblio/typeset.bib | 56 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | info/biblio/typeset.ltx | 12 |
4 files changed, 106 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/info/biblio/font.bib b/info/biblio/font.bib index 617f6c6302..52f58cfc87 100644 --- a/info/biblio/font.bib +++ b/info/biblio/font.bib @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ %%% ==================================================================== %%% BibTeX-file{ %%% author = "Nelson H. F. Beebe", -%%% version = "1.121", -%%% date = "08 December 2022", -%%% time = "16:49:39 MDT", +%%% version = "1.122", +%%% date = "14 June 2023", +%%% time = "09:39:38 MDT", %%% filename = "font.bib", %%% address = "University of Utah %%% Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ %%% telephone = "+1 801 581 5254", %%% FAX = "+1 801 581 4148", %%% URL = "http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe", -%%% checksum = "35606 24829 113686 1084110", +%%% checksum = "32459 24867 113910 1086223", %%% email = "beebe at math.utah.edu, beebe at acm.org, %%% beebe at computer.org (Internet)", %%% codetable = "ISO/ASCII", @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ %%% docstring = "This bibliography records publications about %%% typographic fonts. %%% -%%% At version 1.121, the year coverage looked +%%% At version 1.122, the year coverage looked %%% like this: %%% %%% 1785 ( 1) 1865 ( 0) 1945 ( 0) @@ -1833,14 +1833,16 @@ Phototypesetter, or, How We Spent Our Summer Vacation", type = "Technical Memorandum", number = "TM-80-1270-1", - institution = "Bell Laboratories", - address = "Murray Hill, NJ, USA", + institution = inst-ATT-BELL, + address = inst-ATT-BELL:adr, + pages = "11 + 2", day = "6", month = jan, year = "1980", bibdate = "Wed Jun 17 17:20:06 2015", bibsource = "http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/font.bib; - http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/typeset.bib", + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/typeset.bib; + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/unix.bib", note = "Publication of this internal memo of 1980 was suppressed for 33 years, but both the original, and the reconstructed memo are now available on the Web. See @@ -22902,11 +22904,47 @@ Typesetter Forensics", publisher = pub-ACM, address = pub-ACM:adr, + pages = "3--12", year = "2013", DOI = "https://doi.org/10.1145/2494266.2494275", bibdate = "Fri Jul 16 12:15:12 2021", bibsource = "http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/font.bib; - http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/typeset.bib", + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/typeset.bib; + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/unix.bib", + URL = "https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2494266.2494275", + abstract = "In 1979 the Computing Science Research Center (`Center + 127') at Bell Laboratories bought a Linotron 202 + typesetter from the Mergenthaler company. This was a + `third generation' digital machine that used a CRT to + image characters onto photographic paper. The intent + was to use existing Linotype fonts and also to develop + new ones to exploit the 202's line-drawing + capabilities.\par + + Use of the 202 was hindered by Mergenthaler's refusal + to reveal the inner structure and encoding mechanisms + of the font files. The particular 202 was further + dogged by extreme hardware and software + unreliability.\par + + A memorandum describing the experience was written in + early 1980 but was deemed to be too ``sensitive'' to + release. The original troff input for the memorandum + exists and now, more than 30 years later, the + memorandum can be released. However, the only available + record of its visual appearance was a poor-quality + scanned photocopy of the original printed + version.\par + + This paper details our efforts in rebuilding a faithful + retypeset replica of the original memorandum, given + that the Linotron 202 disappeared long ago, and that + this episode at Bell Labs occurred 5 years before the + dawn of PostScript (and later PDF) as de facto + standards for digital document preservation.\par + + The paper concludes with some lessons for digital + archiving policy drawn from this rebuilding exercise.", acknowledgement = ack-nhfb, pagecount = "10", } diff --git a/info/biblio/font.ltx b/info/biblio/font.ltx index 5bc993ba50..2811bbf428 100644 --- a/info/biblio/font.ltx +++ b/info/biblio/font.ltx @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ %%% ==================================================================== %%% @LaTeX-file{ %%% author = "Nelson H. F. Beebe", -%%% version = "1.121", -%%% date = "08 December 2022", -%%% time = "16:49:44 MDT", +%%% version = "1.122", +%%% date = "14 June 2023", +%%% time = "09:39:24 MDT", %%% filename = "font.ltx", %%% address = "University of Utah %%% Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ %%% telephone = "+1 801 581 5254", %%% FAX = "+1 801 581 4148", %%% URL = "http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe", -%%% checksum = "21806 81 290 3046", +%%% checksum = "56160 81 290 3038", %%% email = "beebe@math.utah.edu, beebe@acm.org, %%% beebe@computer.org (Internet)", %%% codetable = "ISO/ASCII", @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ WWW URL: \protect\path=http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/= } -\date{08 December 2022 \\ -Version 1.121} +\date{14 June 2023 \\ +Version 1.122} \begin{document} \maketitle \nocite{*} diff --git a/info/biblio/typeset.bib b/info/biblio/typeset.bib index 81b4adffa5..8f8a1c8dec 100644 --- a/info/biblio/typeset.bib +++ b/info/biblio/typeset.bib @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ %%% ==================================================================== %%% BibTeX-file{ %%% author = "Nelson H. F. Beebe", -%%% version = "2.78", -%%% date = "24 December 2022", -%%% time = "07:35:47 MDT", +%%% version = "2.79", +%%% date = "14 June 2023", +%%% time = "09:39:11 MDT", %%% filename = "typeset.bib", %%% address = "University of Utah %%% Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ %%% telephone = "+1 801 581 5254", %%% FAX = "+1 801 581 4148", %%% URL = "http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe", -%%% checksum = "61626 26509 127241 1195294", +%%% checksum = "52571 26547 127465 1197407", %%% email = "beebe at math.utah.edu, beebe at acm.org, %%% beebe at computer.org (Internet)", %%% codetable = "ISO/ASCII", @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ %%% and PDF (Portable Document Format), and %%% sgml.bib covers SGML and HTML. %%% -%%% At version 2.78, the year coverage looked +%%% At version 2.79, the year coverage looked %%% like this: %%% %%% 1881 ( 1) 1929 ( 1) 1977 ( 12) @@ -5095,14 +5095,16 @@ Phototypesetter, or, How We Spent Our Summer Vacation", type = "Technical Memorandum", number = "TM-80-1270-1", - institution = "Bell Laboratories", - address = "Murray Hill, NJ, USA", + institution = inst-ATT-BELL, + address = inst-ATT-BELL:adr, + pages = "11 + 2", day = "6", month = jan, year = "1980", bibdate = "Wed Jun 17 17:20:06 2015", bibsource = "http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/font.bib; - http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/typeset.bib", + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/typeset.bib; + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/unix.bib", note = "Publication of this internal memo of 1980 was suppressed for 33 years, but both the original, and the reconstructed memo are now available on the Web. See @@ -24470,11 +24472,47 @@ Typesetter Forensics", publisher = pub-ACM, address = pub-ACM:adr, + pages = "3--12", year = "2013", DOI = "https://doi.org/10.1145/2494266.2494275", bibdate = "Fri Jul 16 12:15:12 2021", bibsource = "http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/font.bib; - http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/typeset.bib", + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/typeset.bib; + http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/unix.bib", + URL = "https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2494266.2494275", + abstract = "In 1979 the Computing Science Research Center (`Center + 127') at Bell Laboratories bought a Linotron 202 + typesetter from the Mergenthaler company. This was a + `third generation' digital machine that used a CRT to + image characters onto photographic paper. The intent + was to use existing Linotype fonts and also to develop + new ones to exploit the 202's line-drawing + capabilities.\par + + Use of the 202 was hindered by Mergenthaler's refusal + to reveal the inner structure and encoding mechanisms + of the font files. The particular 202 was further + dogged by extreme hardware and software + unreliability.\par + + A memorandum describing the experience was written in + early 1980 but was deemed to be too ``sensitive'' to + release. The original troff input for the memorandum + exists and now, more than 30 years later, the + memorandum can be released. However, the only available + record of its visual appearance was a poor-quality + scanned photocopy of the original printed + version.\par + + This paper details our efforts in rebuilding a faithful + retypeset replica of the original memorandum, given + that the Linotron 202 disappeared long ago, and that + this episode at Bell Labs occurred 5 years before the + dawn of PostScript (and later PDF) as de facto + standards for digital document preservation.\par + + The paper concludes with some lessons for digital + archiving policy drawn from this rebuilding exercise.", acknowledgement = ack-nhfb, pagecount = "10", } diff --git a/info/biblio/typeset.ltx b/info/biblio/typeset.ltx index 19243734dc..9d1ac03639 100644 --- a/info/biblio/typeset.ltx +++ b/info/biblio/typeset.ltx @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ %%% ==================================================================== %%% @LaTeX-file{ %%% author = "Nelson H. F. Beebe", -%%% version = "2.78", -%%% date = "24 December 2022", -%%% time = "07:35:52 MDT", +%%% version = "2.79", +%%% date = "14 June 2023", +%%% time = "09:39:15 MDT", %%% filename = "typeset.ltx", %%% address = "University of Utah %%% Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ %%% telephone = "+1 801 581 5254", %%% FAX = "+1 801 581 4148", %%% URL = "http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe", -%%% checksum = "36080 78 270 2852", +%%% checksum = "58112 78 270 2844", %%% email = "beebe@math.utah.edu, beebe@acm.org, %%% beebe@computer.org (Internet)", %%% codetable = "ISO/ASCII", @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ WWW URL: \protect\path=http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/= } -\date{24 December 2022 \\ -Version 2.78} +\date{14 June 2023 \\ +Version 2.79} \begin{document} \maketitle \nocite{*} |