Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!bu.edu!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!aipna!cstr!tim From: tim@cstr.ed.ac.uk (Tim Bradshaw) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Theses: a cry for help! Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 90 20:47:06 GMT References: <6481.273eb57e@csv.viccol.edu.au> <27613@mimsy.umd.edu> Sender: news@aipna.ed.ac.uk Distribution: comp Organization: CSTR, University of Edinburgh Lines: 24 In-reply-to: chris@mimsy.umd.edu's message of 12 Nov 90 07:16:24 GMT >>>>> On 12 Nov 90 07:16:24 GMT, chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) said: > In article <6481.273eb57e@csv.viccol.edu.au> Douglas.Miller@viccol.edu.au > (Douglas Miller) writes: >>One idea would be to point out that terms like ``double spacing'' are >>meaningless when applied to typeset text, because ``single'' spacing could >>be anything ... They don't buy that alas, but it's a neat idea! > AHA! Perfect! Just take properly typeset text, and when someone complains, > you say `oh, but it IS double spaced; see, here is a sample of single spaced > text'---and hand them output with no leading at all! :-) > (Oh well, it might be worth a try) It seems like the dafault spacing for CM & related faces is 10/12, 12/14 &c. No leading then is only 10/10, 12/12 which, although it looks awful is not 1.5*smaller than the default. Sigh. --tim Tim Bradshaw. Internet: tim%ed.cstr@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!cstr!tim JANET: tim@uk.ac.ed.cstr "...wizzards & inchanters..."