<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Hi<div><br></div><div>This is the last TeX Hour announcement for this year.<br><div><br></div><div>Each new year is an opportunity for review, change and renewal. And next month the TeX Hour starts its second year. This month there'll be 4 meetings where we'll look both backwards and forwards. In January I'll be making some wishes and suggestions for 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>All meetings are Thursday 6:30 to 7:30pm UK(=GMT) time. UK time now: <a href="https://time.is/UK" target="_blank">https://time.is/UK</a>.<br>The URL is: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>The calendar for this month is:</div><div><br></div><div>Thu 2 Dec: Beginners</div><div>Thu 9 Dec: Accessibility</div><div>Thu 16 Dec: Conversions (and Community)</div><div>Thu 23 Dec: \relax and Happy Holidays (no meeting)</div><div>Thu 30 Dec: Open House - all topics welcome</div><div><br></div><div>Each week I'd like to take a long view, going back to 1980 and forward to 2040. Well, that's quite something, and my crystal ball is more like a snow globe. By the way, the snow globe dates back to about 1900, see: The family company that invented the snow globe:</div><div><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25298507" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25298507</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here's something to think about. TeX has excellence in typography. But it has a rival. Searching for typography (on google) gives <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography</a> as the first result. That's fair. But who comes second?</div><div><br></div><div>It's the typography page for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_Design" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_Design</a>, which is "a design language developed by Google in 2014" whose focus is best practices in user interface design and user experience (UX). Dave Crossland is known to many in our community as an open source fonts expert, with graphic design skills. For the last 5 years he's worked for Google, lately with a focus on UX Programs and Operations lead.</div><div><br></div><div>By the way, tomorrow the backlog will be cleared, and past videos can be seen at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmCKEgzdM6fTYtfivRdzajw/playlists" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmCKEgzdM6fTYtfivRdzajw/playlists</a></div><div><br></div><div>If I don't see you before, Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy TeXing for 2022</div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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