P3D Re: RE: Fred Peters' View CD project

[John Ohrt <johrt@xxxxxxxx>]

Brian Reynolds wrote:

> 
> When did they give up on TeX and LaTeX?

I can count the number of references I have seen offering Latex layout
on the net, NONE!

OTH, pdf is quite common.


> I
> can hand edit bad html.  I won't bother with Acrobat.

With proper layout, no one should have to hand correct anything.  Poor
graphics design is hardly the fault of the markup language.

> Acrobat also tends to use fonts that are rediculously small.

Again, if you can specify a font, you can specify one too small.

> I much prefer html to pdf.

It sounds to me that your preference is based solely on unfortunate
experience.  The mere existance, never mind the success of pdf (a
proprietary format) illustrates its superiority to HTML ( a widely used
standard).

And there are other options to NTML than PDF, just none as popular as
PDF.

There is no doubt that even an ASCII version without illustrations would
be of value.  But if you can take the step to HTML, then going to PDF
should be carefully considered.

Regards,
-- 
John Ohrt *** Toronto, ON, Canada *** mailto:johrt@xxxxxxxx


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