Letting where'd it come from?
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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.
- vanilla_cam0
leading
- Simply put I think I been spelling that wrong for a very long time whoops.Iggyboo
- Llyod0
I didn't go to school and even I know this
- ukit0
Um...
- _niko0
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.
- Iggyboo0
heheh
- mia_free0
el diccionario "Webster"
- Iggyboo0
whoops
- vanilla_cam0
from moveable type... the amount of lead places between lines in order for space. short answer.
- Iggyboo0
More coffee!! :)
- ukit0
bloodletting?
- Point50
thanks for smoothing my hangover out a bit.
- marychain0
simply wow
- JG_LB0
i can't believe it's not butter