henry@angel (Henry McGilton [Software Products]) (09/21/87)
I have a question for the group. Define the word `ladder' as
it applies to typography. I know what I think it means. I
would like the opinions of others. I have twenty books on
desktop publishing and typography, and none of them define the
term.
.......... Henry
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Well, at Frame we think it means several lines in a row, all ending with
hyphens, creating something that looks like a ladder at the right side of
a justified column. A quick look through our books shelf reveals a lack of
entries on this word too.... I think we got this term from John Seybold,
but maybe we got it from you?
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The description I know is that a ladder is one column (usually of a
multi-column page) that runs from top to bottom of page, and is at
either the extreme left or right of the page, set off in a box of some
kind (bold lines?), containing several short articles or items stacked
on top of each other, each with its own headline.
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