[Cfp-interest 2827] Re: CFP review of TS-4 and TS-5 revisions

[Jim Thomas]

> On Aug 17, 2023, at 9:58 PM, Damian McGuckin <damianm at esi.com.au> wrote:
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> Jim,
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> On Thu, 17 Aug 2023, Jim Thomas wrote:
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>> Hmm. It doesn?t look so bad to me (using Acrobat Reader). Can you elaborate?
>> I believe we could change the summation/product style so that the i=0 is at
>> the bottom and to the right of the sigma/pi and n-1 is at the top and to the
>> right of sigma/pi. I think putting the i=0 and n-1 on the bottom and top of
>> the sigma/pi would be too tall or too small.
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> Disclaimer: I do not yet need glasses but my eyes are aging by definition!
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> I can live with it as it is but I had to do a few takes until I was sure I was reading it correctly. I zoomed it up and here is what I saw.
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> I am using Acrobat Reader. Maybe I need to load some new fonts.
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> The SIGMA symbol is really very thin.
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> The 'i', 0, and 1 are also thin.
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> The 'n' looks like it is a much bolder/thicker font.

The ’n’ refers to the synopsis so is in program typeface which in this document is a bold mono width font.

- Jim Thomas

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> My 2c.
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> I have read the result of the section and it looks pretty good.
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> But I need to go over it a few more time before I give my final review.
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> It certainly looks like it matches what IEEE 754 says.
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> Thanks - Damian
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