The Font Magicians – Computerphile

Making fonts look good at low resolutions – many thought the problem insolvable – two men started Adobe and proved them wrong. Professor Brailsford renders the story.

The Great 202 Jailbreak: http://youtu.be/CVxeuwlvf8w
Mainframes & the Unix Revolution: http://youtu.be/-rPPqm44xLs
Upside Down Trees (Huffman Coding): http://youtu.be/umTbivyJoiI
Typesetters in the ’80’s: http://youtu.be/XvwNKpDUkiE
Graphics Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Conrad Taylor Speaks to John Warnock: http://bit.ly/fontmagicians

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham:http://bit.ly/nottscomputer

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran’s Numberphile. See the full list of Brady’s video projects at:http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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