mac is not a typewriter
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- nuggler
I know you just put one space between a period and a new sentence. There's some other stuff I'm not sure of, though. What's the correct way to write ellipsis? spaces between each dot or not? . . . or ...
I'm typesetting a book of poetry and the author does some things that I'm not sure whether to "fix" - like a space between quotes and text like " this " and after a colon : it's real spaced out...
- leisurebot0
"..." = command + semi colon
no spaces between things that aren't words (for the most part)
get robert bringhursts-
elements of typograpic stylelink:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obi…find "keycaps" on your mac - hope it helps...
- Gorbie0
fix it.
it's incorrect, and distracting to read. people do this because they don't like the way the correct way looks while they're typing away.
unless this person is jack kerouac, fix their punctuation.
- Peter0
Consider it as "art" from the poet
Get the job over with
Collect money
- scarabin0
copy and paste. copy and paste.
he delivered "final" text, right?
- nuggler0
Leisurebot's advice is helpful. I've had "elements of typographic style" on my wish list for like a year... That's option-semicolon...
She's a well known writer, but she's not very computer literate and I'm supposed to be the type setter... ... ...
- leisurebot0
sorry about the option/command reverse... it's just programmed from head to hand, when I it goes head to mouth it becomes transposed.
i've heard "final text" before...
- kpl0
ellipses: use option-; (for mac, of course).
elements of typographic style is a good resource.
- kpl0
and now I look like a complete idiot because I'm too lazy to read the entire thread.
- unknown0
"copy and paste. copy and paste. he delivered "final" text, right?"
- dont bother to apply for any job that says 'attention to detail"