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Article #621252Re: Old word processors
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:04
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:04
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:35:54 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote: > > On 03/16/2018 02:27 PM, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > >> By word processor I do not mean any text editor. A word processor >> should at least be able to wrap a word into the next line if it >> didn't fit into the current line. And had some markup for defining a >> bold or italic character and sub- and superscript. > > I don't know how advanced they were, but they are very likely on your > scale. They might (I don't know) not have been able to manage bold / > italic / other fonts. But that was very likely a limitation of the > printing technology (used in conjunction with the systems) of the time > (as opposed to what was available). WordStar, one of the first word processors, did support font weight (like bold or italics). Whether a printer can then print that has nothing to do with a word processor. If you used a daisy-wheel printer you were usually out of luck. Matrix printers then could, so did laser printers. -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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