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by WillAdams 821 days ago
I was fortunate that Knuth wrote a book on a topic which I have studied deeply, _Digital Typography_:

https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/dt.html

My correction is for pg. 33, and there was a minor point of improvement which I can't find.

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Very cool!

He just needs to write a book on obscure cartoon history, and I'll be shoe-in. Until then I think I will just have to deal with living in envy.

You are aware that his first publication was in _Mad Magazine_?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie

(scroll down to "System of Measurement")

or see:

https://webmadness.net/blog/?post=knuth

I was not aware of that. That's a fun fact that I did not expect to learn today.