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From: Douglas.Miller@viccol.edu.au (Douglas Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Theses: a cry for help!
Message-ID: <6482.273eb6d5@csv.viccol.edu.au>
Date: 12 Nov 90 19:51:01 GMT
References: <TIM.90Nov9181726@kahlo.cstr.ed.ac.uk> <48205@cornell.UUCP>
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In article <48205@cornell.UUCP>, murthy@algron.cs.cornell.edu (Chet Murthy)
writes:
> There is another possible reason for this.  Many universities in the
> US put their theses onto microfilm thru University Microfilms as a way
> of disseminating the work to other libraries.  And of archiving it for
> posterity in case the local library burns down.
> 
> Microfilm tends to reduce the readability of printed matter, so big
> spaces between lines and large print both help ensure that the
> resulting microfilm is more readable.

But in moving from typewriter to typesetting, the print has got smaller,
and now can't be read on the microfilm, despite the large line spacing
(perhaps)!  These rules need to be rederived from first priciples with
typesetting in mind.