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A bit unrelated but as it's hn, I wonder about which tools they used to write these documents. The metadata says they used Acrobat Distiller, but that only conv
by est31 6y ago
A bit unrelated but as it's hn, I wonder about which tools they used to write these documents. The metadata says they used Acrobat Distiller, but that only converts .ps files into .pdf. What creates the ps files?
- basch 6y agoisnt Distiller what shows up in the metadata when you use the Acrobat Print Driver?
- john-radio 6y agoProbably an office scanner.
- rayiner 6y agoIt’s word documents that get converted to PDF via the Adobe PDF printer driver.
- est31 6y agoThanks! Amazing that you can get documents look so nice by using Word only. It looks almost as good as if they used TeX.
- supernova87a 6y agoWell, they have had hundreds of years to get the format right... lol. Btw, since you bring up this topic, I'll say that one thing that courts, legislatures simply cannot seem to get right is the use of graphics, charts, and important data figures when they would do wonders to clarify about some issue. The most a SCOTUS opinion ever has is a map. See also the Federal Register. It's like the typewriter still rules our discourse for these things. But for many more modern issues, where graphics and explanatory visual data would clarify things immensely, our legal/legislative system only seems to be able to handle 12-point double spaced words. This is sometimes a big hindrance to understanding.
- rayiner 6y agoThe Adobe PDF printer driver is pretty good. And Word’s H&J isn’t as good as TeX, but gives you some nice fine-grain manual control over things like kerning.