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In the dark ages, when printers were PostScript and more powerful (and expensive) than the computers which printed on them, you added fonts by installing additi
by ValdikSS 4mo ago
In the dark ages, when printers were PostScript and more powerful (and expensive) than the computers which printed on them, you added fonts by installing additional hardware modules, similar to a game console cartridge.
- darksim905 4mo agoThe links someone else shared are pretty cool, a little before my time (born late 80s). That's kinda neat, it makes me think of a post on HN some time back by Donald Knuth on the letter S and the technical challenges back then about that as a letter, mathmatically. I'm guessing given that, that's why printers needed these modules and were set up this way. Neat!