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Started by Dave Hughes, March 25, 2023, 07:32:21 AM

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Dave Hughes

March 25, 2023, 07:32:21 AM
Nick Gill, from Effra Press in the UK posted this on Instagram showing a trial of setting type to a 38em measure on his Monotype Caster.


https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDVnO-owkC/
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scott

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June 03, 2023, 10:12:35 PM
I am not sure as to why this is so unusual?

Dave Hughes

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June 03, 2023, 11:46:51 PM
Quote from: scott on June 03, 2023, 10:12:35 PMI am not sure as to why this is so unusual?

It is quite a wide measure, over six inches.
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July 08, 2024, 01:55:55 PM
I agree with Scott. We used to set 10pt 36ems every night. Occasionally even greater measures if the page/table was to be landscape.
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