Category Archives: Writing

Avoid Double Negatives Like the Plague

Posted on 2013-03-22 by

Double negatives are very confusing. They probably classify as one of the most confusing things in written or spoken communication, if not as the one, most confusing thing ever. A particularly striking example of a double negative that I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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The Adobe Caslon font

Posted on 2011-05-29 by

One of the fonts I recently discovered and started enjoying a lot is Adobe Caslon. Here’s a small sample of what it looks at 600 dpi, rendered from XeLaTeX. The text sample is from “Advice to Little Girls”, a humorous … Continue reading →

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Then vs. Than

Posted on 2010-07-09 by

Scribd has many online books. I try to read at least one book every week. Starting to read a new book is always fun. The sense of anticipation builds up while the search for a new book is still in … Continue reading →

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