tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post5092661635155450240..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Typesetting With Typewriters: Literary Digest's 1919 Callitypy RevolutionRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-71224722186609092952011-04-20T07:57:30.056+10:002011-04-20T07:57:30.056+10:00Hi Ryan. The Digest does seem to have used a combi...Hi Ryan. The Digest does seem to have used a combination of "guess-timation" and what in today's typesetting is called "forced justification"; there are a lot of what are now known as "discretionary hyphens". It is interesting that throughout its typewritten issue, it has highlighted some paragraphs with double line spacing, plus extra spacing between words. The Time article seems to indicate IBM developed portportional spacing in 1937, which Jim Woods would have used with his IBMs. From memory, George Blickensderfer was working on the idea of proportional spacing back in 1887-1893.Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-81473943508094852112011-04-20T04:45:07.258+10:002011-04-20T04:45:07.258+10:00Robert, how did they do it? Did they count charact...Robert, how did they do it? Did they count characters per line and evenly distribute extra spaces? I was thinking about a post on justification. This is very interesting.Ryan Adneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.com