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Re: Single-spaced theses/dissertations?

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From: Scott Horne
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1988 04:25
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From article <14562@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, by wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu:
> Since I wholeheartedly feel that double-spaced documents are ugly, and
> would love to be able to submit a dissertation formatted with single
> spacing in standard LaTeX fashion,....

Double spacing looked better in the days of typing (I'm giving typewriters an
early burial!  :-) ); but in the days of phototypesetting, single spacing looks
much better.  When was the last time you saw a book double-spaced?!

Good luck with your single-spacing campaign.  Best wishes.
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Subject: Re: Single-spaced theses/dissertations?
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