2023-03-21 06:38:58 <veltas      > Thinking about PDF generation again, looks like first step is interpreting TTF metrics
2023-03-21 06:39:25 <veltas      > Because you need to say where text goes, so to flow text you need the metrics
2023-03-21 06:39:39 <veltas      > And even the built-in fonts we have the ghostscript fonts as TTF to rely on
2023-03-21 07:31:59 <KipIngram   > I bet that winds up being a pretty involved task, but it's a nice thing to tinker with, I think.
2023-03-21 08:50:31 <veltas      > KipIngram: The trick is to manage to avoid too much complexity by reducing requirements
2023-03-21 08:50:49 <veltas      > Reading TTF metrics might not be too hard, I've not properly delved into that yet
2023-03-21 09:20:35 <KipIngram   > Yeah.  I can imagine things like coordinate systems and a section of a plane and so on.  I'm sure there's a good bit of "numerical work" going on on all that.
2023-03-21 09:42:45 <KipIngram   > It's crossed my mind a time or two to write a LaTeX processor.  Most likely would have wound up leading to pdf as the output format.  Never really went down that road, though.
2023-03-21 10:14:36 <veltas      > LaTeX is too hard, thinking about my own forth-centric format with limited features
2023-03-21 14:15:27 <KipIngram   > Sure - LaTeX is really... "extensive."
2023-03-21 14:15:47 <KipIngram   > I've thought about rolling some Python utilities along those lines, but a Forth toolkit would be even better.
2023-03-21 16:21:14 <KipIngram   > Holy cow - gender patterns are a lot more extensive in Latin that I'm accustomed to as an English speaker.
2023-03-21 16:22:17 <KipIngram   > And even proper names seem to change ending based on whether they're a subject or an object.  :-|
2023-03-21 16:23:07 <thrig       > now look at what you've inflected yourself with
2023-03-21 16:59:27 <KipIngram   > I suppose it's just  a matter of getting used to it.
2023-03-21 16:59:54 <KipIngram   > Though I find myself wondering if at this juncture I should momentarily set aside this "Natural Method" in favor of studying some RULES.
2023-03-21 17:00:20 <KipIngram   > I learn "structured" things well - I can probably learn it faster if it's all organized and tabulated in front of me, instead of just by "osmosis."
2023-03-21 17:01:31 <thrig       > eight plus hours of immersion a day does wonders for osmosis
2023-03-21 17:02:34 <KipIngram   > No doubt.  But I won't be doing that.