Letting where'd it come from? 1313 Responses

Last post: 3 months, 3 weeks ago | Thread started: Jul 28, 08, 11:15 a.m.

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• Iggyboo

  Alright here's a silly question. Where'd the term letting come from? I can't seem to wiki it. I know where kerning came from type setting and all but if anyone has a proper definition of it I'd love to find out where it came from.

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• vanilla_cam

  leading

  • Simply put I think I been spelling that wrong for a very long time whoops.– Iggyboo

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:16 a.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  I didn't go to school and even I know this

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:17 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  Um...

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:17 a.m. – Permalink

• _niko

  leading?

  The word comes from lead strips that were put between set lines. When type was set by hand in printing presses, slugs or strips of lead (reglets) of appropriate thicknesses were inserted between lines of type to add vertical space, to fill available space on the page.

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:17 a.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  heheh

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:17 a.m. – Permalink

• mia_free

  el diccionario "Webster"

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:17 a.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  whoops

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:17 a.m. – Permalink

• vanilla_cam

  from moveable type... the amount of lead places between lines in order for space. short answer.

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:17 a.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  More coffee!! :)

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:18 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  bloodletting?

  • get the let out– Point5

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:18 a.m. – Permalink

• Point5

  thanks for smoothing my hangover out a bit.

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 11:18 a.m. – Permalink

• marychain

  simply wow

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 3:52 p.m. – Permalink

• JG_LB

  i can't believe it's not butter

  

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  Dog-earJul 28, 08, 4:03 p.m. – Permalink