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Sep 23, 2026 17 min

Typesetters in the '80s - Computerphile

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If you thought mathematics exams were difficult, you should try printing them out! - Professor Brailsford takes us through Nottingham University's path to printing their own papers.The Great 202 Jailbreak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVxeuwlvf8wDemocratisation of Fonts: COMING SOON!Maxwell's Equations Poster: http://www.eprg.org/computerphile/godsaid.pdfNottingham Typesetting Implementation: http://www.eprg.org/computerphile/newprotext.pdfhttp://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputerComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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