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From: Jim on 10 Jun 2010 11:10 On 2010-06-10, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> The existence of Arial - along with the stupidity of funding bodies >> > > - >>>> has contributed to the wasting of hundreds of hours of work in this >>>> department, and probably tens of thousands throughout British >>>> universities. >>> >>> Why? >> >> Arial causes brain injury, lassitude and melancholy. > > It gives me terrible wind. We know. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Basil Jet on 10 Jun 2010 11:08 On 10/06/2010 16:06, zoara wrote: > D.M. Procida<real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: >> Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Richard Tobin<richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >>>> In article<indv0690i6vcbrf79r8gi0p9i5ddskliu1(a)4ax.com>, >>>> Jaimie Vandenbergh<jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Snarking at "the very existence of Arial" >>>> >>>> The existence of Arial - along with the stupidity of funding bodies >>>> - >>>> has contributed to the wasting of hundreds of hours of work in this >>>> department, and probably tens of thousands throughout British >>>> universities. >>> >>> Why? >> >> Arial causes brain injury, lassitude and melancholy. > > It gives me terrible wind. Me too, but it has better savoury tang than Persil.
From: Graeme on 10 Jun 2010 15:43 In message <50268412297872255.264642me18-privacy.net(a)news.individual.net> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >>> In article <indv0690i6vcbrf79r8gi0p9i5ddskliu1(a)4ax.com>, > >>> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Snarking at "the very existence of Arial" > >>> > >>> The existence of Arial - along with the stupidity of funding bodies > > > > - > >>> has contributed to the wasting of hundreds of hours of work in this > >>> department, and probably tens of thousands throughout British > >>> universities. > >> > >> Why? > > > > Arial causes brain injury, lassitude and melancholy. > > It gives me terrible wind. > > -z- > > Gets my socks nice and clean though... -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Richard Tobin on 10 Jun 2010 19:21 In article <740598184297852218.150333usenet-alienrat.co.uk(a)news.individual.net>, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> The existence of Arial - along with the stupidity of funding bodies - >> has contributed to the wasting of hundreds of hours of work in this >> department, and probably tens of thousands throughout British >> universities. >Why? Because certain funding bodies have an automated system that rejects grant applications if the name of any font in the PDF file isn't "Arial", and generating such a file with the tools we normally use is next to impossible. Something like a table included from a per-existing document will cause it to be rejected. I imagine that if you managed to construct a version of Comic Sans with the name "Arial", it would go straight through without comment. -- Richard
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 10 Jun 2010 19:27
On 10 Jun 2010 23:21:37 GMT, richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote: >In article <740598184297852218.150333usenet-alienrat.co.uk(a)news.individual.net>, >Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >>> The existence of Arial - along with the stupidity of funding bodies - >>> has contributed to the wasting of hundreds of hours of work in this >>> department, and probably tens of thousands throughout British >>> universities. > >>Why? > >Because certain funding bodies have an automated system that rejects >grant applications if the name of any font in the PDF file isn't >"Arial", and generating such a file with the tools we normally use is >next to impossible. Something like a table included from a >per-existing document will cause it to be rejected. Wow. That's one of the more bizarre things I've heard of. Any idea what led to this curious situation? Cheers - Jaimie -- Whilst holidaying with the sprogs and watching Favourite Teddy Bear trundling through the x-ray, I speculated on the fun that could be had with a teddy bear containing a radio-opaque teddy-bear skeleton. - K, asr |