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Article #80Re: Comparing Type Widths - Characters Per Pica
From: Neil_Keller
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:34
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:34
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My recall is similar to RamοΏ½n's on this point. Whereas in the days of hot metal and foundry you could blow your entire creative budget on a reset if you got the font size or leading wrong, today, trial and error takes just a few seconds or so for the average job. You're over by 3 pages? Cut the leading .5 pt. Or cut the point size .25 pt. A lot more freedom here at a minimum cost of time or money. I used to spend hours doing copy casting from client manuscripts, and hoped that I got it right. I haven't used character counts or a Haberule since about 1990 or so. Neil
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