There is however a problem with interactive devices: any type-setting is doomed because the setter has no control on the output. Knuth could do TeX because the

There is however a problem with interactive devices: any type-setting is doomed because the setter has no control on the output. Knuth could do TeX because the aim is to produce fixed-typed text (barring proportionality). Not so on the Internet. It is not that the web standards despise typography: it is that the web is not a place in which to SET (which implies "fix") types. And that is why it is so hard to get a compelling, attractive web page.