typography

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Essays

The wood already knew

essay draft 2026-07-16 · splines, naval-architecture, history-of-computing, eniac, typography

Everything else

The Bézier curve was invented at two rival French carmakers — de Casteljau first — and Citroën's secrecy, not mathematical priority, decided whose name it got

claim seedling Tier 3 2026-07-11 · typography, bezier-curves, computer-graphics, automotive-cad, history-of-mathematics
The curve math under every digital font traces through car-company secrecy and ship lofting to the WWII lab that built ENIAC

capture promoted 2026-07-09 · typography, typefounding, bezier-curves, splines, computer-graphics