rixxNov 2, 2021

You know how the Eiffel Tower won the Grand Prize at the 1889 World Fair? Well, it had to share the glory with a book.

Not any book: A book ENTIRELY WOVEN IN SILK.

You heard right. And nerds, get this: All pages of this book were produced on the Jacquard loom in 1889, using thousands (200k-500k) of punch cards. Only 50-60 copies were made. >

Show thread‮Andrew CassidyNov 2, 2021
@rixx mfw you accidentally invent postscript a century too early
Show threadguentherNov 3, 2021

@cinebox heresy! as if post script was a dirty raster graphics format!

@rixx

Show threadStewart Russell

@guenther I don't know you, but I like you

(spent several years as a CTP/PostScript debugging person)

Nov 3, 2021 at 12:52pmWeb
Show threadguentherNov 3, 2021
@scruss \o/ The quintessential positive internet experience! (not the postscript debugging part)
Show threadStewart RussellNov 4, 2021
@guenther the postscript part was character forming: just you, a Sun Ultra, the platemaker and presses waiting, and 4 GB of PostScript to debug in emacs ...