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+\let\Tub\TUB
+
+\title{Malcolm's Gleanings}
+\author{Malcolm Clark}
+\begin{Article}
+
+\subsection{Ligature trivia}
+
+In the \Tub \textbf{17}(2), Haralambous and Plaice, taking a slight diversion
+ present a whole galaxy of glyphs which could find a role in their
+$\Omega$ system. In passing it is intriguing to read the following article by
+Richard Kinch and speculate on the rivalries which must underlie
+that contribution. One of
+Haralambous and Plaice's offerings are the ``french ligatures for st and ct''.
+I was a little startled, since I hadn't realised that these \emph{were French}. I'd
+seen them in books from 1800 in English, and, although I've since not been able to
+confirm it, I think that Eric Gill's Joanna had them too.
+
+By an amazing coincidence, the topic of these ligatures cropped up on the
+\texttt{typo-l} discussion list and this stimulated me to pursue a little research,
+from which I concluded that Sweynheym
+\& Pannartz' cut roman typeface in about 1467 which had the ct, and a long-st
+ligature. I'll ignore the gothic faces which had as many ligatures as scribes
+were used to using in hand lettering. Sweynheym \& Pannartz were German and
+worked in Italy. Like good type design, it's all in the
+details.
+
+\subsection{\Tub}
+
+I usually manage to make some veiled comment about the timliness of \Tub, but
+this time I am pleased to direct your attention to a \Tub\ Web page. Try out:
+\url{http://www.halcyon.com/clcook/tugclndr.htm}
+
+\subsection{The classic fonts}
+
+Another discussion on the \texttt{typo-l} list involved the origin of the
+`classic' fonts which were found on the first Adobe \ie\ \PS\ laser printers.
+(Note I am using `classic' in the same sense that a Citro\"en 2CV might be
+described as `classic'\Dash dangerous firetrap thought it undoubtedly was.)
+Andrew Boag pointed out that the IBM~4250 600dpi electro-erosion printer shown
+at DRUPA in 1982 had Monotype hand-edited bitmap fonts which included
+Courier, Helvetica (sub-licenced from Linotype), Palatino and Times NR.
+
+David Lemon added that the basic LaserWriter fonts were selected in
+discussions between Adobe and Apple. A representative from the Adobe Type group
+tried to keep it `reasonable', but , Steve Jobs
+had to be talked out of including ITC Gorilla, and ITC American Typewriter
+almost became the ``typewriter'' design, until Adobe pointed out
+that it is not monospaced. When the other fonts were added some time later,
+Jobs had his revenge in the form of ITC Avant Garde. Still, he was and may
+still be one of the most gifted computer designers of the last 20 years: he
+gets to screw up in chosing fonts.
+
+\subsection{Slip between cup and lip}
+A while back I wrote about the proposed math handling of HTML. When the
+standard was published, the maths had disappeared. Nevertheless, Dave Raggett
+does describe some of the markup and the hopes in his book \textsl{HTML3, electronic
+publishing on the World Wide Web}, Dave Raggett, Jenny Lam \& Ian Alexander, Addison-Wesley.
+I enjoyed the book's informal style, though I wouldn't wish to be seen in
+socks like those.
+
+\subsection{\TeX\ lauded at Seybold}
+I exaggerate slightly. Conrad Taylor, writing for the Seybold Report on
+Publishing Systems \textsl{What has wysiwyg done for us?}, suggests that ``most
+of the H \&~J (hyphenation and justification) algorithms in desktop publishing
+programs are lamentable, particularly when compared with \TeX''. We knew that,
+but a small accolade to that man.
+
+\subsection{TB-L}
+Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, was recently made a
+Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society. I was
+surprised that he is \textbf{not} seven feet tall.
+
+After his presentation Tim gave a talk on ``The World Wide
+Web\Dash Past, Present and Future''. A transcript of the presentation is
+available as \url{http://www.bcs.org.uk/news/timbl.htm}
+
+I was able to ask TB-L a little about the incorporation of HTML
+into the Web. I asked why he chose this way of expressing content (rather
+hoping he would endorse the wisdom of separating form and content), but
+apparently it was much more simple than that. People at Cern were accustomed
+to those little angle brackets, so he gave them something with
+which they were familiar,
+and which was simple. Thank goodness Cern wasn't using Wordperfect!
+
+\end{Article}