Necessary Facts

Observations, reports, and discoveries that are true of necessity because they are perceivable and reasonable, empirical and logical, evidentiary and rational, synthetic and analytic. Truths are objective statements.

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Friday, July 31, 2026

Copying from the Scriptorium to the Cell Phone

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The Science Fiction Writers of America publishes a news blog, “Writer Beware.” The July 31, 2026, entry is about changes to the Canon of Eth...

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Frank Romano's History of Desktop Publishing

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“The combination of the LaserWriter, PostScript, PageMaker and the Mac’s GUI and built-in AppleTalk networking would ultimately create deskt...

Sunday, April 7, 2024

Hermann Zapf on Alphabets

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Hermann Zapf's legacy remains today in the typefaces offered by Microsoft Word: Optima, Palatino, and Zapfino. Other platforms deliver M...

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Goudy by Bernard Lewis and Goudy in His Own Words

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Twice Frederic W. Goudy lost his life work to fires that destroyed his offices and workshops. Disheartening as they must have been, we have ...

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Frederic W. Goudy by Peter Beilenson

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I wish that this story were more interesting. I am willing to believe that the life of Frederic W. Goudy was prosaic and yet could be made h...

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Words into Type

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Sir Robert worked hard and well to make himself a king and then wanted to unite his realm under a single banner. So, he called his vassals i...

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Michael E. Marotta: Experienced freelance technical writer always looking for more work. Author of over 300 newspaper, magazine and journal articles on topics of business, technology, and society.

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