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Fun with (VisualWorks) Fonts presentation Travis Griggs: Key Technologies Monday 8:30:00 am to 9:30:00 am
Overview: VisualWorks fonts are not the most understood of things. Many VW programmers pass up the opportunity to make their applications look nicer than they could, because they little understand the fonts. Recently, frustrated with merging font hacks for PDP, super/sub-script support, and the RB Code Highlighter, I implemented the ExtraEmphases framework. This presentation will cover why and how that was implemented, as well as how to use and extend it. Hopefully, along the way, we can provide a better understanding about how the basic font system works.
Bio: Travis works for Key Technology, figuring out how to sort the world's food (among other things). He's worked with Smalltalk (mostly, but not entirely VisualWorks) since 1991. His work in that domain ranges from embedded programming to high level user interface design. Before coming to Key Technology, he worked at Siemens Power Corp writing nuclear fuel design automation software in Smalltalk. When not hacking for Key, he does his best to contribute to various open source projects, some in Smalltalk, some not.
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