Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: register true origins

2012-08-08 Thread anne-ology
Brian, the definitions you've pulled are from the legal industry ;-) On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.comwrote: At 12:39 07/08/2012 -0700, Andrew Brager wrote: Yet, it fails to answer my original question which is where do the words register true

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: register true origins

2012-08-08 Thread Andrew Brager
On 8/7/2012 7:11 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 12:39 07/08/2012 -0700, Andrew Brager wrote: Yet, it fails to answer my original question which is where do the words register true come from, and to extend and clarify the question - how did register true come to mean aligning baselines? I think

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: register true origins

2012-08-08 Thread Jean-Louis Oneto
Back in 1973, I had was working in the US on a camera-ready book composition, and I was given the Pocket Pal, a graphic artsproduction handbook, from International Paper Company (10th edition (1970), 3rd printing, rev. January 1973. (the original edition is 1934) as a reference book for

[libreoffice-users] Re: register true origins

2012-08-07 Thread anne-ology
Andrew, I agree; and I find your words are so beautifully priceless; this whole discussion reminds me of the news industry - the way it was :-) BTW - for you post-computer youngsters, I grew up in the news industry; reading, writing, and yes having to wash my hands - even

[libreoffice-users] Re: register true origins

2012-08-07 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:39 07/08/2012 -0700, Andrew Brager wrote: Yet, it fails to answer my original question which is where do the words register true come from, and to extend and clarify the question - how did register true come to mean aligning baselines? I think that bit's fairly easy. According to the