Re: Countchars

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from "George Scithers"  on Wed,
9 Feb 2005 14:48:22 -0500


> What is far more useful is what's called in the
> trade "printer's rule" -- set maximum line length to 63 words an
> punctuation and space (but not, of course, including codes).

Interesting, George. Good to know. When you say "set maximum line length to
63 words an[d] punctuation and space (but not, of course, including codes)" --
you mean, 63 characters or columns, right? Or 6.3 inches? So it doesn't
matter whether monospaced or proportional, rag right or flush, as long as it's
63 chars -- correct? And 100 lines means 100 printed lines (not page length)?
Gee, that's an interesting formula. So the assumption is 6 words per line?

How universal is this concept?

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