(b)logophile

Recently I’ve discovered some fun new things about fonts, in LaTeX and under linux. (Yes, it’s another geek-out post. Sorry mum.) All this stuff can be found online (that’s where I found it), but it’s a bit scattered around. And I can’t remember where any of it is. Summary: XeTeX gives LaTeX access to non-TeX-installed [...]

Isaac Newton’s second cousin John Newton apparently died “by a tobacco-pipe breaking in his throat, in the act of smoaking, from a fall in the street, occasioned by ebriety.” (From Fara –which I don’t recommend, but it has its moments– pg 203.) Incidentally, how odd that “ebriety” and “inebriety” mean almost the same thing, if [...]