Sujet : Re: The joy of Typography
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 19. Oct 2024, 22:53:20
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On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:26:16 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
On 2024-10-18, 186282ud0s3 <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
I wonder how much CPU goes into nothing but displaying nice-looking
proportional fonts these days ?
A lot, no doubt.
The original Apple Mac was managing that on a CPU that ran at a nominal
8MHz clock speed.