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Re: Double spaced LaTeX

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From: Micah Beck
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1989 12:25
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In article <20336@mimsy.umd.edu> chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
>More seriously: double spacing (or, better, 1.5-spacing) makes some
>sense for typewritten text.  For most typesetting, where the lines are
>shorter but contain as many words, it is ridiculous.  

Some of us like to edit in pen (gasp!) on hardcopy (no, really?!) and then
enter the changes later.  For us, reasonable-looking double spacing of text
(not figures) would be a blessing.

Micah Beck
Cornell University
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Subject: Re: Double spaced LaTeX
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