Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spacing after punctuation

On Saturday 07 September 2013 05:39:41 AM Virgil Arrington wrote:
> No doubt, many publishers are simply publishing the files sent to them that
> are created by word processors. 
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No, they're not, actually. You don't find publishers using MS Word files, 
which are simply not up to the job.

> I'm reading more and more books that are set without true small
> caps or old style numbering. Writers and publishers simply accept the faux
> small caps generated by their word processors by shrinking regular upper
> case letters complete with the corresponding weakening of the lines that
> come from the shrinking. 

I think the avoidance of true small caps and old style numbering has more to 
do with the practice of font creators, most of whom omit these features. 

 
> However, for me at least, LO's biggest limitation that disqualifies it for
> final publishable work is its justification method. It's line-by-line
> justification results in too many word space variations from line to line
> and too many hyphenated lines. As an experiment, just prepare the same
> document using LO and LaTeX (with the Microtype package). The difference in
> the justified lines will be quite obvious.

Any on-the-fly justification is going to be rough. Do you run Tools > Language 
> Hyphenation when doing finishing a document? I find that does a lot to 
improve any alignment, even ragged right.

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