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We nerds dwell more on the function, than the form. Would, say, Knuth's notes be less useful if they were written in Comic Sans? Sure, they'd be hard(er) to rea
by discardorama 12y ago
We nerds dwell more on the function, than the form. Would, say, Knuth's notes be less useful if they were written in Comic Sans? Sure, they'd be hard(er) to read, but the message would be the same.
- javajosh 12y agoStrictly speaking, yes, Knuth's writing would indeed be less useful in Comic Sans as fewer people would read, and hence use, them.
- phaemon 12y agoKnuth is a remarkably odd choice of example for this, since the whole reason for the existence of TeX is his dislike of the form of the time.