The Sad Letter Patch

On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:54:17 +0200 (EET) Tero Roponen <tero.roponen@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Maisa Roponen <maisa.roponen@gmail.com> > > ”That letter [the last s] is sad because all the others > have those things [=] below them and it does not.” > > This patch fixes the tragedy so all the letters can > be happy again. > > Signed-off-by: Maisa Roponen <maisa.roponen@gmail.com> > [The author being 4 years old needed some assistance] > Signed-off-by: Tero Roponen <tero.roponen@gmail.com> > --- > When I was reading the documentation, my 4-year-old > niece wanted to see what I was doing. After telling her, > she noticed that something was very wrong and asked > me to fix it. Instead, I helped her fix it herself. Please inform your niece that the patch has been applied and that the lonely ”s” need pine away no longer. Thanks, jon

A mock software patch email explains that the lowercase letter “s” is sad because it lacks the descender-like mark found beneath other letters. A four-year-old notices the typographic problem and helps fix it, turning a tiny typesetting issue into an adorably overdramatic software tragedy. EN: A mock software patch email explains that the lowercase letter “s” is sad because it lacks the descender-like mark found beneath other letters. A four-year-old notices the typographic problem and helps fix it, turning a tiny typesetting issue into an adorably overdramatic software tragedy.

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