Re: death to word

[Frank Brownlow fbrownlo@xxxxxxxx]

I know--I went looking in my Xy4/Signature manuals. Then I remembered
that back when this all started for me--being asked to follow a
publisher's specs.--I was in touch with the folks at Xy-write. They
wrote me a couple of very nice modifications to Xywrite's way with
footnotes, and they told me how to scale type horizontally & vertically
with two arguments. It certainly works--try it. Another good thing
about Xywrite was that they were so helpful.


The effect is that you set everything--type sizes & fonts, leading,
margins, gutters--and end up with beautifully spaced, printed &
justified pages.


Best,
Frank Brownlow


On 4/24/2012 1:12 PM, Paul Ambos wrote:

A dual argument for the SZ command is not documented in any of the Signature
or XyWrite 4 or XyWrite for Windows manuals. I'm not sure what the effect
is supposed to be. Is this supposed to be an alternative specification to
the Automatic Leading (AL) command?

Regards,

Paul Ambos
pambos@xxxxxxxx




-----Original Message-----
From: xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx [mailto:xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Frank Brownlow
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 11:00 PM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: death to word

I don't set myself up as an expert on all this, but when a publisher
told me--to give an example--to set my type at 11Pt vertically, 12Pt
horizontally, I was able to do this with Xy4, but I can no longer do it
with NB. I've talked to NB about this,& they agree--the command is
still there, but it no longer works.

I know perfectly well what NB allows me to do by way of a command such
as Sz12.5PT. I also know equally well that it doesn't allow me--any
longer--to issue the command SZ11Pt,12Pt and expect results.  So what I
can't do is prepare a camera-ready MS according to my publisher's former
specification--consequently all my previously formatted texts no longer
work in NB. This isn't a disaster, but it's irritating, and so, as I
originally said, I regret the loss of this old Xy4 capability.

I thought the pitch was the height--if it's not, then it's not--but
whatever pitch means, Xywrite allowed one--working in Postscript--to
adjust both the height and the width of type, hence allowing for some
pretty nifty typesetting.

Frank Brownlow



\On 4/19/2012 1:32 PM, Paul Ambos wrote:

That is the confusion: "pitch" is a horizontal -- not vertical --
measurement of fonts, usually expressed in characters per inch. Some
typesetting programs (but not XyWrite) can adjust the pitch (as opposed to
character width) by inserting microspacing between the letters. Vertical
size specification is typically in points (a point is 1/72.27 inch,

although

Adobe uses 1/72" exactly).

And your claim is not correct as regards Nota Bene 10 beta, at least,

which

accepts a SZ command for, e.g., SZ12.5PT as well as through the ctrl-t
dialogue box. The latter lists whole numbers to choose from, but you can
type in any number in the space above the list.

Regards,

Paul Ambos
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-----Original Message-----
From: xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx [mailto:xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx]

On

Behalf Of Frank Brownlow
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:41 PM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: death to word

It's a way of setting both the height and the width of the type. You
need a laser printer capable of Postscript printing. The argument of the
command sets pitch first, the width second, e.g., SZ 11PT,12Pt. This
form of the command works in XY4&  Signature, but not in NB. where one's
only option is the single number, e.g., SZ 12PT.

Frank.

On 4/17/2012 6:04 PM, Paul Ambos wrote:

What is the difference between pitch and width and how would one adjust
those aspects in XyWrite?

Regards,

Paul Ambos
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