[texhax] Another interview with Donald Knuth

[William Adams]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:

> This new article just appeared; the PDF file may be accessible
> to some readers via the Web address in the DOI (Digital Object
> Identifier):
>
> @String{j-CACM                  = "Communications of the ACM"}
>
> @Article{Shustek:2008:IAB,
>  author =       "Len Shustek",
>  title =        "Interview: The 'art' of being {Donald Knuth}",
>  journal =      j-CACM,
>  volume =       "51",
>  number =       "7",
>  pages =        "35--39",
>  month =        jul,
>  year =         "2008",
>  CODEN =        "CACMA2",
>  DOI =          "http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1364782.1364794",
>  ISSN =         "0001-0782",
>  bibdate =      "Tue Jun 24 07:46:54 MDT 2008",
>  bibsource =    "http://www.acm.org/pubs/contents/journals/cacm/",
>  abstract =     "In this first of a two-part talk, the renowned  
> scholar
>                 and computer scientist reflects on the influences that
>                 set the course for his extraordinary career.",
>  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
> }
>
> This first part is about his early academic life; the second
> part to appear in the August issue will address his work on
> typesetting.


::sigh::

What does it say that on the next-to-the-last page of the on-line  
version of the article, a character in a very simple equation is  
rendered using a TrueType .notdef square? To add insult to injury they  
repeat the equation w/ the same .notdef char.

William

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William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications