I think Arial looks better than Helvetica, personally (nice history lesson though)... I can't remember which one we were using before, was it Lucida maybe? I dunno. Either way, I think it looks cleaner this way. Just be thankful we're not using Apogee or something...
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I like systems, their application excepted. (George Sand, translated from French), "J'aime beaucoup les systèmes, le cas d'application excepté."
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I usually prefer Arial over Helvetica, too. Your comment just reminded me of that article, is all.
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The problem I have with Arial is the way it breaks with the spirit of Helvetica. The slanted top of a lowercase t stems from the tilt found in calligraphic based typefaces. Changing stroke weight at the base of the lowercase a should not be found in a modernist sans. Neither should the arbitrary slants at the end of the strokes in the capital C or S. All of these humanist features are simply arbitrary and not within the modernist origins of the typeface.
I guess I think of it like this: at one point we switched from a horse and cart to a car. Modern cars do not pretend to be "horseless carriages" anymore, and Arial is like taking a modern car and sticking on blinders and a braided tail. Why do it? What do these features add to the face?
It wpuld be better to use Geneva or Verdana with larger x-heights and counter apertures designed for screen display. Typefaces designed to be readable on a computer screen rather than a typeface which is an arbitrarily mangled copy of a typeface meant for print. -
Helvetica looks pretty crappy to me. Like some 70s design of what 'modern' should look like. To me, Arial has better proportions, and actually does look modern and well-balanced. There are no funky stylistic peculiarities that unnecessarily catch the eye. I think it looks like what an ideal, nondescript typeface should look like, along with a couple other fonts, (Times is also pretty good) without looking like ass like Helvetica does. Maybe I just saw too much of Helvetica in the 80s, but to me, it looks too stylized in a bad way (one that had its moment a couple decades ago, and has since passed its prime). Just let it die already, damn it!
I like systems, their application excepted. (George Sand, translated from French), "J'aime beaucoup les systèmes, le cas d'application excepté." -
Right , back to the software shall we.....
As some have seen there have been issues ripping garfield... well i have updated 2.6 with the new core ( some of it anyway ) of 2.7 and that cures the prescan lockup.
Whats changed.... new uop code , 100% more reliable, quicker in the prescan.
need WW to be around so i can send him 2.6.1
Hello ?
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Releases are going to be difficult. I can't really update VT or MU postings until our main download site is back up, as that would definitely shut down my iDisk for the rest of the month (we get >40,000 downloads of each revision). So, until I find a new host or the wormintheapple.gr download site is back up, any releases will be available only to this board and the people on our update notification mailing list.
I like systems, their application excepted. (George Sand, translated from French), "J'aime beaucoup les systèmes, le cas d'application excepté." -
So....
Anybody on the mailing list that needs the new 2.6.1 version let WW know , and WW please get on ichat to get the 2.6.1 version..
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How do i get on the mailing list?
Mark VMark V
10.4.10 OS X 1.25GHz G4 768MB DDR SRAM Pioneer DVR-106D and external DVR-111D -
Not sure whether you know this already:
If the destination drive has not enough space, MTR pops up a message that I must choose another volume.
When you press GO once more, you are not given the opportunity to do so, the same message pops up again.
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@ gb
i made a test run with mtr 2.6.1 with the region 1 dvd of "the siege" which i got today. the dvd was heavily scratched, hope i get an replacment soon. anyway, i've run mtr with full dvd rip and it ripped the dvd without problems
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Joachim ... thanks for that heads up on the save issue... i will slate that for a fix tomorrow..
thanks again.
GB
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Originally Posted by Mark VI like systems, their application excepted. (George Sand, translated from French), "J'aime beaucoup les systèmes, le cas d'application excepté."
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Excellent stuff....I have 2.6.1 and it works well, I rip a DVD then re-compress using FFmpegX into a format for a VOD system we are testing.
If I could launch FFMPEG with a saved preset and pass it the Video_TS location then start the compression, that would be great. So I like the idea of a post-processing option
of course if I could just tell MTR to rip the DVD and give me a half DVD with MPEG2 video and MP2 audio at 2000 kbps, that would be grand too ...heheh I know...out of scope....keep up the great work!! -
I just used 2.6.1 to rip Catwoman (yes, I know it stinks) and it seemed a bit faster. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by geezerbuttz
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Well, you'd be wrong. Nice try though... Discussion of 2.6.1 belongs in the 2.6.1 thread... Back on topic, here's another treat for those patiently waiting for 2.7:
I like systems, their application excepted. (George Sand, translated from French), "J'aime beaucoup les systèmes, le cas d'application excepté."
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