A propos de K2/InDesign

[Jacques Andre <Jacques.Andre AT irisa.fr>]

Lu dans TYPO-L :

> Chirstina asked:
> > ... wonder what'd happen if I tried to ask Adobe how this was
> > ``an extraordinary innovation'' when compared with TeX ...
> 
> The misleading nature of the quote selection notwithstanding, I think the
> PR people didn't quite present the point squarely. InDesign's advances are
> primarily in three areas:
> - combining the best features of a number of things (including TeX) into
> one very interactive application,
> - making them all easier to use, and
> - making the application extremely modular and scriptable, so others can
> add to or modify it as needed.
> The latter is really the most innovative aspect; close to 90% of the
> functionality (including all the interface) is available to the APIs, and
> the API kit ships with the product.
> 
> Certainly the engineers who developed InDesign were familiar with Knuth's
> work, although it's based more on various URW patents which Adobe licensed.
[...]
> OpenType is barely mentioned, and hz not at all, although both are present.
> The beta versions now shipping include an OpenType font from Adobe.
> 
> - David Lemon


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