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barbara wrote:
>
> sebastian objects to the appearance of a plain "article" document
> on a4.  well, from the other side of the pond, i similarly object
> to the appearance of a plain "article" document on u.s. lettersize
> paper.  there are just some people that you can't please, no matter
> what you do.  <smile>

Gimme quart as default (cf. Tschichold's article on non-arbitrary
page layouts...)!

Down with the obnoxious paper sizes that damage our typographic
results and only benefit industry!  Typography-aware readers of the
world, unite!  Hey you, with the white jacket -- wadda 'ya do here in
my office? Hey, let me jas gldj ;lg jas


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