JDAW’s oddments

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JDAW’s oddments

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Excerpts from a Skype conversation with DRT:
jdaw wrote:I also have a set of bottles that would be an excellent three-man tasting.

If chance should favour the brave, blind for you (and another) but not for me, then I’m on.
DRT wrote:You, me and who?

How many bottles?
jdaw wrote:Whoever. If we should be more than three, some extra supplies could doubtless be located.

There is a risk that some of the six might be imperfect.

Range from excellent to not-so-much.
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I'm in.

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Unlocked.

When?
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jdaw1 wrote:Unlocked.

When?
Soon, but not tomorrow.

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Not locked.

How about Wednesday?

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The vintages are, modulo 4, too non-zero.
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But there is no requirement for bottles tomorrow to be from a leap year.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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DRT wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Unlocked.

When?
Soon, but not tomorrow.

Re-locked.
Pity. Tomorrow would be good.

Seems unable to lock.
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Thursday 22nd March (i.e., tomorrow), at The Bung Hole. AHB is in. DRT is in. JDAW is in. The draft of the placemats reveals an unusual set of port. Anybody else?
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Yes please
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Plus I now have an unexpected day of holiday on Friday :D
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I shall be bringing a bottle to be served blind.
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RAYC wrote:Plus I now have an unexpected day of holiday on Friday :D
I have a day that is horribly full of work :x
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DRT wrote:
RAYC wrote:Plus I now have an unexpected day of holiday on Friday :D
I have a day that is horribly full of work :x
And I have a meeting with my boss at 10am...
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Now safely on a train to London, fully decanted and gasping for a cup of tea.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Count me in..

Will bring something - not sure what..

What time KO?
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uncle tom wrote:Count me in..

Will bring something - not sure what..

What time KO?
Not sure, so I would assume at 6:30ish
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The used parameters for the placemat software are in the thread entitled Parameters for the placemat software.
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jdaw1 wrote:The used parameters for the placemat software are in the thread entitled Parameters for the placemat software.
Aha! I believe that I finally understand the purpose and use of "[(RA) {-0.06 Kern} (YC)]".

Is it to bring the A and Y closer together so that their similarly slanted sides do not appear to create a gap?
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Glenn E. wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:The used parameters for the placemat software are in the thread entitled Parameters for the placemat software.
Aha! I believe that I finally understand the purpose and use of "[(RA) {-0.06 Kern} (YC)]".

Is it to bring the A and Y closer together so that their similarly slanted sides do not appear to create a gap?
Yes.

(I wanted to give you the concise answer before Jacob or Julian wrote a treatise on the subject of typefaces and kerning)
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DRT wrote:Yes.
Yes.
Glenn E. wrote:the purpose and use of "[(RA) {-0.06 Kern} (YC)]".
The single numerical parameter of Kern is a proportion of the font size (notional size, not height). So horizontal movement is, in points, that parameter × the font size (+ve ⇒ rightwards; -ve ⇒ leftwards).

Pleased to see that the thread Parameters for the placemat software is doing the intended job.

PS: the kerning, done thus, works even when the text is being painted in a circle.
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