Hi Ken,
It seems you were misunderstanding my previous email . I was referring to
letterpress; where type is set from the top of the form. Your reply was
about the later hot lead technologies.
In letterpress, space between words, is adjusted in any line by adjusting
spacing material between words. This gives opportunity to reset lines on the
fly as it were. Spacing (leading or slugs) can also be adjusted between
lines to gain an extra line of text or so when necessary. It also enables
insertion of extra text below the main text. As Gunnar says, both are
achieved by knocking loose the quoins to slacken the forms.
I'll respond to your comment on peer review separately. My feeling is you
are overemphasising the role of judgments of researchers and
underemphasising the roles of technologies and economics in shaping those
judgments. This matters more in looking to the future of academic publishing
than looking to the past. It also of course has implications for research,
teaching and practice, especially in courses involving praxis.
Regards,
Terry
<snip>
Terry's reply to Per is mistaken with respect to the technology of classical
typesetting and footnotes. While it is correct that footnotes requires a
specific technology, he is incorrect in his description of the process. It
is difficult to set footnotes in hot lead printing.
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