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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>I'm intrigued by little things. Things, objects, thoughts, and ideas you would think have no connection, </FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>when chased to their root, often have a surprising source. For instance, <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>Times Roman</FONT>, the font. You </FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>might well think, the Romans did that, and they did, but recall, that all Roman letters were in 'upper' case. </FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>The idea of 'case' (upper and lower characters) was introduced with the Carolingian alphabet and the court </FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>of Charlemagne. Still, how do we get from "Caroline Minuscules" to a Twentieth Century </FONT><FONT face=Arial>print font? Easy! </FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>By </FONT><FONT face=Arial>way of the Renaissance..... and Albrecht Dürer. </FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the web page for a side by side comparison of the fonts. Like I said a few </FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>days back, technology doesn't change at the whim of a date. And now we find, </FONT><FONT face=Arial>a </FONT><FONT face=Arial>intruguing </FONT><FONT face=Arial>little thing, </FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>plucked straight out of period, alive and well amongst us....</FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>take a listen,</FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>regards,</FONT></PRE><PRE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>dsd</FONT></PRE></BODY></HTML>