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ingebretsen

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    Comment #10149709

    This is a styling framework. No patentable concepts. The code itself might fall under copyright law (which is MIT license), but not the visuals. If anything would apply there, it i…

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    Geo Theme for Bootstrap

    Think how much more productive the 90s could have been with Bootstrap...

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    Comment #7175244

    I found a kit (magnet + copper tube) here: http://www.teachersource.com/product/645/electricity-magneti... Not on the same scale, but appears to be designed to demonstrate the same…

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    Comment #6758200

    That's a fantastic quote and I'll update the post with that. The only corner case that I don't think it covers is type that has been digitally converted from an analog form to its …

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    Comment #6758138

    That's a totally fair point. They're really visually distinct, especially to someone with any eye for type. Garamond is confusing because it's so old and so influential. Maybe it w…

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    Comment #6758093

    The distinction was easier before digital type. Today we have no physical object to represent a font. The font file itself might be the closest analog to pre-digital fonts but that…

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    Typeface vs. Font: Terminology Smackdown

    An explanation of the subtle difference between those two terms.

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    First Digital 3D Rendered Film (from 1972) and My Visit to Pixar

    In 1972 Ed Catmull (founder of Pixar) and a colleague created the world's first 3D rendered movie, an animated version of Ed's left hand. This is the film that they produced. It in…

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