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October 22, 2009

egrep for Linguists

The egrep program is used to scan files for character strings (e.g. words). Its basic function is to go through a text file line for line, and print all lines matching a search pattern or regular expression to `standard out(put)'.

LAIKA - Eine dynamische Schrift

With LAIKA, there is finally a font that can seamlessly use the whole spectrum of its cuts. A font that is able to move between its extremes in real time. An interactive font that is able to respond to its surroundings.

Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 at hacks.mozilla.org
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The WOFF format originated from a collabaration between the font designers Erik van Blokland and Tal Leming with help from Mozilla’s Jonathan Kew. The format itself is intended to be a simple repackaging of OpenType or TrueType font data, it doesn’t introduce any new behavior, alter the @font-face linking mechanism or affect the way fonts are rendered.