I wouldn't have thought to introduce the topic of letterpress printing
here, but since James Knott has, replete with monstrous errors,
correction is in order.
No letterpress compositor would employ an en quad as an interword space,
except possibly when justifying.
A standard job case contains, along with the various quads, typemetal
spaces in 3 sizes: 3-to-the-em, 4-to-the-em,
and 5-to-the-em. There are also "thin" spaces, not proportional to the
font size: "brass" at 1 point, "copper" at 1/2 point.
These spacings are often written as 3/em, &c., but are pronounced as
fully written out, to avoid confusion with the 3em and suchlike quads.
A 3-to-the-emis the absolute standard interword space, which is why they
are located in the large and central compartment as shown here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Job_Case
<cid:[email protected]>. (You have to scroll down a
bit to see the clear diagram provided.)
As to intersentence spacing, the battle rages on, as we have seen in
this forum. Personally, I use an em quad with handset type. More arcana
can be found at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing
<cid:[email protected]>.
trj
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