X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["788" "Mon" "8" "February" "93" "15:37:22" "CET" "bbeeton" "BNB@MATH.AMS.ORG" nil "16" "Re: Grid layout" "^Date:" nil nil "2"]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/1.9.92 ) id AA25233; Mon, 8 Feb 93 15:36:49 +0100 Received: from vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (vm.hd-net.uni-heidelberg.de) by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/19.6.92) id AA01212; Mon, 8 Feb 93 15:36:46 +0100 Message-Id: <9302081436.AA01212@sc.zib-berlin.dbp.de> Received: from DHDURZ1 by vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9925; Mon, 08 Feb 93 15:37:38 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 3626; Mon, 08 Feb 93 15:37:36 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 3624; Mon, 08 Feb 93 15:37:33 CET Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <01GUGNKROV3MG4LMSC@MATH.AMS.ORG> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 93 15:37:22 CET From: bbeeton Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple Recipients of Subject: Re: Grid layout Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 952 from rolf.lindgren: As far as I can tell, aligned baselines stems from old mechanical typographical devices where it was difficult _not_ to get aligned baselines because type was set to a grid, and illustrations were set to fit into a series of blank lines. i understand that a bit differently. what i've heard is that baseline alignment *is* mechanical, but it was a desirable goal when printing was done with wet paper on inked metal type, where it was impossible not to leave a real impression. it was desirable not to have a raised impression from the reverse of a page intruding on what someone was trying to read, so the alignment was really aimed at front and back of the same sheet of paper. alignment across facing pages then came automatically. -- bb