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In typography, a typeface consists of a coordinated set of glyphs designed with stylistic unity. A typeface usually comprises an alphabet of letters, numerals, and punctuation marks. A typeface may also include ideograms and symbols, or consist entirely of them, for example, mathematical or map-making symbols. The term typeface is often conflated with font, a term which, historically, had a number of distinct meanings prior to the advent of desktop publishing; these terms are now effectively synonymous when discussing digital typography.

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Visual Studio 2008 simplifies JavaScript debugging
Thu, 15 May 2008 19:44:58 -0700
One of the more cumbersome development tasks is debugging client-side JavaScript code. Tools such as Firebug are helpful, but in the case of Firebug, you're forced to use Firefox. Thankfully, Visual Studio 2008 provides a robust and developer-friendly environment for debugging JavaScript. Simplification Whenever I hear developers discuss...
You may be a conformist and not even know it
Wed, 07 May 2008 13:00:57 -0700
We like to think that we're all individuals and the things that drive our decisions are made rationally, independent of what others say, and from a totally objective viewpoint. Marketers, of course, know that isn't the case and do what they can to use all sorts of tools to sway...
Don't expect these five high-tech skills to bring you more money
Wed, 07 May 2008 08:36:53 -0700
If pay rate for a skill is any indication of its value, there are some IT skills that look to be well on their way to extinction. A recent piece from Network World listed the five high-tech skills that don't command the pay that they once did: ...
Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift from predecessor
Mon, 05 May 2008 10:58:39 -0700
Most Web developers know better than judging a Microsoft product by its first iteration. For this reason, I was intrigued by the recent beta release of Silverlight 2.0. Silverlight provides a platform for Rich Internet Applications RIAs to build dynamic user interfaces that are platform and browser...
Can presentation layer abstraction ever replace desktop and Web apps?
Sat, 03 May 2008 10:08:06 -0700
Persistent "Holy Grails" in the world of computing are the various methods of abstracting the presentation layer of applications. The current incarnation of this tendency has the HTTP network protocol as the common theme. Let's take a look at this history and see what the chances are that the current...
Pop quiz answers: Hexadecimal basics
Fri, 02 May 2008 14:14:48 -0700
Our pop quiz on hexadecimal basics was a hit with TechRepublic members. As of grading time, nearly 2,000 people had tested their knowledge of hexadecimal math. If you haven't had a chance to take the quiz, I encourage you to try your luck, before reading the answers below. Now, on...

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