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Re: Font size choices (was Re: SWFTE Typecase)

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From: John E. Koontz X5180
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:45
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In article <1992Aug17.172012.1@linus.claremont.edu>, dhosek@linus.claremont.edu writes:
|> >>A book is /not/ the same as a word-processed or desktop-published
|> >>document.  
|> 
|> Really? Where do books come from? Storks?
-- 

To clarify, a book must be produced on a manual press with the assistance
of an ordained typographer, which is to say, it must meet certain rigorous
standards of purity of process.

This notwithstanding, I once encountered a very book-like object which had
an error in the righthand headers that looked embarassingly like a word-
processor-based editing error.

----
John E. Koontz (koontz@bldr.nist.gov)

Disclaimer:  Views and recommendations, express or implied, are my own, and
do not reflect the opinion or policy of my employers.
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Subject: Re: Font size choices (was Re: SWFTE Typecase)
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