Twilight chemistry script

The script used in the 2015 January Twilight sessions for chemistry.

Letterforms for handwriting and reading: print script and sanserifs in early twentieth-century England

This essay is about letterforms and typography in reading books for young children and how they were influenced by the teaching of handwriting in the early decades of the twentieth century. I examine the contributions made by infant teachers to typography and book design and draw particular attention to the print script movement and the gradual introduction of sanserif typefaces in reading books. I suggest that the use of sanserifs in reading books for young children is one of their first appearances for continuous text. Although the influence of print script on the teaching of handwriting may have had some undesirable effects, I suggest that it indirectly contributed to some innovations in book design.

Towards an integrated script for risk and value management: insights from the dramaturgical metaphor

It is contended that the current conceptual distinction between risk management and value management is unsustainable. The origins of the two traditions are reviewed and critiqued from a postmodernist perspective. It is concluded that they differ primarily in terms of their rhetoric, rather than their substantive content. Insights into the current practice of risk and value management are provided by considering their enactment in terms of ‘performance’. The scripts for such performances are seen to be provided by the accepted methodologies which determine the language to be used and the roles to be acted out. A coherent integrated script for risk and value management can be provided by the methodology known as strategic choice, which replaces the language of ‘risk’ and ‘value’ with that of ‘uncertainty’. The benefits of adopting this alternative script are illustrated through six case studies.

Adobe Bickham Script Greek typeface

Design support for typeface design: collaborative work commissioned by Adobe, Inc. Published 2011. The original Bickham typeface was based on the hands of the 18th century writing master George Bickham. The ornate script represented the apogee of the art of formal writing with a steel nib, and defined the visual style for decorated, formal documents. In 2010 Adobe revised and extended the typeface, with the express purpose of making it a showcase for OpenType technology, demonstrating the visual importance of using different glyph forms in different contexts, employing contextual substitution rules. Although Bickham had published a single example of a Greek style, it was a standalone exercise, never intended to match the Latin. The key challenge was to identify historical records for appropriate Greek writing, preferably by writers familiar with the language, adapt them for digital typography and the particularities of contextual substitution, in a manner that would not make the Greek a ‘second-class citizen’. Research involved uncovering and analysing appropriate contemporary and later writing examples to identify both the range of writing styles of the period, and the manner of joining letters in written Greek with both pointed pens and broad nibs. This work was essential to make up for the comparative lack of relevant material by Bickham, as well as investigating the possible range of stylistic variants that were approved for the final typeface, which attempted to emulate a written texture through complex substitutions. This aspect of the work is highly original for implementing a substantial number of contextual alternates and ligatures. These were reviewed in the context of use, bringing together an analysis of occurring letter combinations and patterns, and the design of stylistic alternates to imitate natural handwriting.

Sticking to the script? The co-production of Neighbourhood Planning in England

Efforts to engage with communities in spatial planning have been criticised as being tokenistic, vehicles for co-option or designed to promote neo-liberal agendas. The introduction of neighbourhood planning (NP) in England under the Localism Act (2011) is claimed by proponents to be a step change in the way that local communities are involved in planning their own areas. However, little empirical evidence has yet emerged to substantiate such claims, or provide details about the practices and experiences of NP. The paper highlights that there are numerous parties involved in the co-production of Neighbourhood Development Plans and there are numerous instances where ideas, policies and priorities that emerge from within neighbourhoods are being ‘rescripted’ to ensure conformity to a bounded form of collaboration.

Narrativising the `woman monster`: heroines who transgress the feminine script

Contemporary fiction, through its delineation of “feminine” and “unfeminine” women, ultimately either perpetuates or challenges the patriarchal discourse of femininity. This paper is premised on the belief that “the feminine” falls into two specific categories, each as limiting in scope as the other: namely, conformity and transgression.

Sketch and script : made in/of split

This essay presents fragments of an experiment of my own perception and sensibility when I, as a foreigner, wondered into the place called Split.

Instrumentalização do Propagar MOO com ferramentas de planejamento do uso da água e de análise da simulação através da utilização da linguagem Pascal Script

A simulação é uma das ferramentas mais utilizadas para a aplicação da análise sistêmica nos mais diversos estudos. Ao longo do tempo, vários modelos foram desenvolvidos para representar sistemas de recursos hídricos, utilizando a simulação. Dentre esses modelos, está o Propagar MOO, que simula a propagação de vazões em uma bacia hidrográfica, submetida à decisões operacionais de suprimento de demandas e de operação de reservatórios, introduzidas pelo usuário através de rotinas escritas na linguagem de programação Pascal Script. A utilização eficiente dessas rotinas permite ao usuário ampliar a capacidade e flexibilidade do modelo na representação de um sistema hídrico. Com o objetivo de contribuir na ampliação da flexibilidade do modelo Propagar MOO e de sua aplicabilidade à modelagem de sistemas de recursos hídricos em geral, bem como facilitar o estudo da linguagem de programação Pascal Script e motivar os profissionais da área no desenvolvimento de novas rotinas aplicadas ao modelo, foram implementadas, através do presente trabalho, rotinas genéricas contendo estratégias de planejamento do uso da água e de operação de reservatórios, bem como ferramentas para analisar seus resultados. Para ampliar essa contribuição, foi aprimorada a possibilidade de simulação da geração de energia hidrelétrica em pontos de uma rede hidrográfica, com a criação de novas ferramentas para esse fim, na estrutura interna do modelo. Por fim, para que o próprio usuário pudesse construir ferramentas para auxiliar na verificação dos resultados obtidos nas simulações, esse estudo apresenta a implementação de rotinas de uso geral para servir como exemplos de ferramentas de análise de dados.

Jacobi script v sign-functions and discrete Fourier transforms

Properties of the Jacobi script v sign3-function and its derivatives under discrete Fourier transforms are investigated, and several interesting results are obtained. The role of modulo N equivalence classes in the theory of script v sign-functions is stressed. An important conjecture is studied. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.