There's something meditative about fussing with LaTeX making minor improvements. My papers and dissertation had some heinously long equations, but with enough pattern that the LaTeX looked pretty all on its own. Though I was annoyed the one time my professor replaced most of the commands with two-letter macros.
Oh, here's a question for a LaTeX expert (you). Does liking \! make me a bad person?
Reminds me a lot of the book arts class I took in college. Only difference is that all the typesetting had to be done manually with metal type. How it looked on page was all done with precisely arranging the metal type between wooden blocks and spacers. Definitely made me appreciate it as an art more than just a job.
Thank goodness for digital though! I never really thought about how widows, orphans, and even illustrations could affect the way I read. The examples you chose were perfect for exploring this often-overlooked part of publishing.
There's something meditative about fussing with LaTeX making minor improvements. My papers and dissertation had some heinously long equations, but with enough pattern that the LaTeX looked pretty all on its own. Though I was annoyed the one time my professor replaced most of the commands with two-letter macros.
Oh, here's a question for a LaTeX expert (you). Does liking \! make me a bad person?
Reminds me a lot of the book arts class I took in college. Only difference is that all the typesetting had to be done manually with metal type. How it looked on page was all done with precisely arranging the metal type between wooden blocks and spacers. Definitely made me appreciate it as an art more than just a job.
Thank goodness for digital though! I never really thought about how widows, orphans, and even illustrations could affect the way I read. The examples you chose were perfect for exploring this often-overlooked part of publishing.