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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of Typography
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 21:53:20 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:26:16 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2024-10-18, 186282ud0s3 <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
> 
>> I wonder how much CPU goes into nothing but displaying nice-looking
>> proportional fonts these days ?
> 
> A lot, no doubt.

The original Apple Mac was managing that on a CPU that ran at a nominal 
8MHz clock speed.