I wonder sometimes what would be the oldest extant word based on technology no longer in use. Taping an interview? Dialing someone? https://twitter.com/hels/status/679059633949011970 …
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Lead still exists, but leading is a specific product/tool used in typesetting, that is now obsolete and commercially unavailable. Kerning is a technique, grinding away at the letters using precise tools, whereas the software version achieves the effect using a different method :p
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Sure! But both seem far from my original tweet. :·)
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I think he’s right about leading. Typesetters would literally put pieces of lead between the letters to space them out
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Oh, he’s definitely right about leading! All I’m saying is that it’s not the best example given the original question.
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