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fontology |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: fontology n. [XEROX PARC] The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of new fonts (e.g., for window systems and typesetting software). It has been said that fontology recapitulates file-ogeny. [Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum that "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is not merely a joke. On the Macintosh, for example, System 7 has to go through contortions to compensate for an earlier design error that created a whole different set of abstractions for fonts parallel to `files' and `folders' --ESR] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: fontology ({XEROX PARC}) The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of new {font}s (e.g. for window systems and typesetting software). It has been said that fontology recapitulates file-ogeny. Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum that "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is not merely a joke. On the Macintosh, for example, System 7 has to go through contortions to compensate for an earlier design error that created a whole different set of abstractions for fonts parallel to files" and folders" - ESR [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-01)
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