On Sun, July 1, 2007 6:08 pm, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> On Sun, July 1, 2007 4:24 pm, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: >> >>> "Lead" vs. "led" is illiteracy (it's actually reliance on spellchecking >>> rather than proofreading). >>> >>> >> >> You wanna go crazy? In journalism the beginning of a story pronounced >> "lead" (rhymes with BEAD) is spelled led. >> >> I never understood (or liked) that. >> > > Ya want more? > > This sample google-hit agrees with my deep storage: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A896231 > > It has a section: > """ > Leading > > Leading (it rhymes with 'heading', not 'pleading') is something that is > usually dealt with automatically by a typewriter or WP program, so you > might never even be consciously aware of it. A good WP program will, > however, allow you to adjust the leading. This can be very useful at > times, so it's good to know about it. > > If you have ever tried to read anything where the lines were jammed up > tight against each other you will know how difficult and tiring that can > be. Leading is simply extra space between lines of type, to help the eye > move from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. In the old > days a typesetter would insert a thin strip of lead after each line of > type. >
This is fun (I came from that world). "Justified" in typesetting means flush on both column sides. "Right justified" and "left justified" are abominations of computerese. The correct terms are "flush right" and "flush left." Anything else displays ignorance. Now ask me why M$ spell checkers have destroyed good diction. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
