[Dragaera] A Paarfict Storm

[Jon Lincicum]

Diana wrote:
>> Manuscripts are not submitted in a proportional font.  The font seen in
>> the mailing list is whatever font ones mail reader is set for --
>> monospaced in my case.
>>
>> Standards may change as it becomes more common for the authors file to
>> actually be used as the basis for typesetting, because of points like
>> the one you make.  I don't know if or how often big publishers are doing
>> that yet, though.
>>     
>
> OK, point for different people using whatever font they choose to read email.
>
> But still...more often than not, the manuscripts I see are in
> (goddamn) Times or something. And what else would the typesetters use,
> if not the files provided by the authors?
>
> Granted, this is all from the perspective of one involved in the
> editorial-production end of textbook publishing, and has very little
> bearing on what looks to be a most excellent t-shirt. Except that
> unless it's in Courier, it shouldn't have those spaces. :)
>
>   

"I write for those who take joy in seeing words well-placed upon the 
page." - Paarfi

"Typesetters?" - Brust

Heh.

Majikjon