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+\centerline{\bf Stuff to read}
+\medskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Arabic Word Processing, Joseph D. Becker,
+{\it Communications of the ACM}, July 1987, 30(7),
+pp. 600--610.
+
+Using the Xerox {\it Viewpoint Documentor}, which
+is capable of handling text in any intermixture
+of the world's scripts, this article describes
+and discusses many of the problems associated with
+the various forms of Arabic.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Word Division in Spanish, Jos\'e A. Ma\~nas,
+{\it Communications of the ACM}, July 1987, 30(7),
+pp. 612--616.
+
+Strangely, this only references the 1979 \TeX\ \&
+\MF\ book, and does not mention Liang's algorithm.
+But the good news is that Spanish has a rigid
+lexical structure which allows a rule-based
+hyphenation to be wholly successful.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Typesetting with {\sc \TeX tures}: a Review,
+Sak Wath\-an\-asin, {\it Apple 2000}, October 1987,
+2(5), 68--72.
+
+A provoking and interesting review which seeks to put {\sc \TeX tures}
+in its place in the Macintosh world. Many of his
+comments are applicable to \TeX.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star${\sc daphne} (Document Application Processing in
+a Heterogeneous Network Environment) --- an Implementation
+Based on the Standard Generalized Markup Language
+\SGML, Craig Smith, {\it \SGML\ Users' Group
+Bulletin}, 1986, 1(2), 75--82.
+
+Besides competing for the longest article title,
+it describes the implementation of {\sc daphne},
+which just happens to use \TeX\ as its formatter.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Formatting \SGML\ Documents: Essence and Solution,
+Craig Smith, {\it \SGML\ Users' Group
+Bulletin}, 1987, 2(1), 4--8.
+
+Although \TeX\ (and {\sc daphne}) take something
+of a back seat, they are still there in spirit.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Typesetting in Context, Max Whitby,
+{\it DTP Desktop Publishing}, October 1987,
+18--22.
+
+Decribes and compares
+{\sc \TeX tures}, Mac\TeX\ and
+Just\kern-1ptText. ``The \TeX book (which) has good
+cartoons but is about as readable as a car repair
+manual''. Max ends up sitting on the fence between
+Just\kern-1ptText and \TeX, and also between
+{\sc \TeX tures} and Mac\TeX. But some of his
+examples are nice.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$The Power Behind The Page, Karl Dallas,
+{\it DTP Desktop Publishing}, October 1987,
+37--43.
+
+Quite a useful review of some page description languages.
+Karl includes \ps, Interpress, ImPress, Prescribe, \TeX\ and
+Cora as pdls. Obviously {\it sensu lato}.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star${\it win} and {\it sin\/}: Predicate Transformers for
+Concurrency, Leslie Lamport, {\it Report \#17,
+DEC System Research Center}.
+
+Just for all those who wondered what it is that
+Leslie does when he isn't doing \LaTeX.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Exploiting the LN03: \TeX, Phil Taylor,
+{\it Dec User}, May 1987, 47.
+
+An attempt to brighten the dull lives of LN03
+laser printer users, and to emphasise DEC's
+reluctant support of proper laser printing.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star${\sl Page One\/} A New Breed of Page-Making Software,
+Gord Graham, {\it Small Press}, June 1987, 53--55.
+
+As you might guess, really a description of
+McCutcheon Graphics' \TeX\ front end. One
+fascinating quote (out of context, of course) is
+``\TeX\ exhibits the telltale horns and feet of
+a goat''. {\it Page One\/} seems even more
+restrictive than \LaTeX, but equally well, appears
+to have a very real potential in the more
+traditional publishing marketplace.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Book Publishers can turn over a new leaf with
+desktop system, Renate Lerch, {\it The Financial
+Post}, March 16, 1987, C3.
+
+Does not mention \TeX\ (or {\it Page One\/}), but
+it is about McCutcheon Graphics and their ``desktop
+publishing system''.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Type-X: Drawing a Bead on Book Publishers,
+Jerome P. Frank, {\it Publishers Weekly}, May 1, 1987,
+30--35.
+
+Includes a description of {\it Page One\/}, and
+even mentions Mac\TeX\ (``batch pagination software''
+--- how the mighty are fallen!).
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Book publishers turn to Page One to save money
+and time, Anon, {\it Printaction}, July 1987, 19.
+
+Yet more about {\it Page One\/}. Covers much the
+same ground as the other articles, but lays more stress on
+its ability to import Microsoft Word. Credits
+the success of {\it Page One\/} to Mac\TeX.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Rectangular Convolution for Fast Filtering of
+Characters, Avi Naiman \& Alain Fournier,
+{\it Computer Graphics}, July 1987, 21(4), 233--241.
+
+Centres around the exploitation of greyscale fonts.
+This should help to increase the effective
+resolution of characters by using grey pixels, on
+devices which support that facility.
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent
+$\star$Character Generation Under Grid Constraints,
+Roger D. Hersch, {\it Computer Graphics}, July 1987,
+21(4), 243--251.
+
+Addresses the problem of producing attractive and
+regular characters on middle resolution devices,
+describing an algorithm
+which allows
+{\it subpixel phasing} to be applied to critical parts of the character.
+
+\rightline{\sl Malcolm Clark}