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From: eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
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Subject: Re: Theses: a cry for help!
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Date: 10 Nov 90 02:35:23 GMT
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tim@cstr.ed.ac.uk (Tim Bradshaw) writes:

>Here at Edinburgh the University recommendations for theses specify
>`1.5 to 2' line spacing, and these regulations are enforced.  This
>means that theses both look nasty and are hard to read (and also that
>I spend a lot of time breaking my nice thesis document style!).

[proposal for course of action:]

>	Collect references to research showing that there are optimal
>	values for things like line spacing and length. 

There is a book by a chap Rubinstein called Digital Typography
that cites a lot of research into readability. It should at least
give you a number of pointers.

Victor.