[Remind-Fans] The Good Old Days?

Ian! D. Allen idallen at idallen.ca
Fri Dec 31 20:18:46 EST 2021


> > Ah!  I still use LaTeX a lot... not every day, but a lot.
> My résumé is in LaTeX.

I could not stand Knuth's Computer Modern Ugly fonts used in TeX.
"Knuth's idea that letters start with skeletal forms is flawed."
(https://twitter.com/HoeflerCo/status/655557339987226624)

My résumé is in troff (groff).

Until I was forced to resign from teaching in 2019, I used a Perl script
to randomize multiple-choice test questions and answers and create groff
source to format individual PDF tests for every student in the room.
Look for the three "Here is a PDF" links here:

https://teaching.idallen.com/cst8207/19w/notes/000_quizzes_and_tests.html#final-exam-details-1pm-tuesday-april-23-in-t119

For example:

https://teaching.idallen.com/cst8207/19w/notes/finalexam_19w.pdf

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