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I went to the Gutenberg exhibit and learned that way back then, the most frequently-used letters, the small ones, were kept in the part of the case that was nearest to the
printing person, which was the lower part of the case. Sounds definitive to me.
Louisville is the only place in the States that is getting this exhibit (at least for now), because we are a sister city to Mainz.
I also learned that we indent paragraphs because they used to leave a blank space on the page, so that the first letter could be illumined (drawn large, and very colorful,
full of swirls, etc.).
They had actual books from the 1500's!!
And, the first Bible printed in America, in 1663,
was printed in Natlick, an Algonquin language! They had it there!
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the first letter could be illumined
that is one the nicest features of word processors! most have a "Drop Cap" option, and you can highlight it and make it any font, any size...
any idiot-- even i, can make a good looking newsletter. start with a drop cap, have word processor put it in columns, ad some lines and insert a line from the text in a larger font, some clip art and voila!
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bass relief How low can you get, TEd ?
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Belated thanks to all for info/comments. Case closed.
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>How low can you get, TEd ?
A profundo observation! Which reminds me of a story!
Tenors are like this. Note the use of the word, "fabulous!"
Behind their friendly faces, rumor has it that Luciano Pavarotti and
Placido Domingo hate each other's guts. One day they ran into
each other at the airport:
"Placido, long time no see, how are you?"
"Fabulous, Luciano. I just got back from La Scala, the theatre
filled to the brim, and frankly I sang divinely. I had to come out
and bow 35 times at the end of the night, and a statue of the Virgin
Mary they have next to the stage started crying. How about you, how
are your concerts?"
"Oh man, this last concert in New York really was something else.
I have never sung better. Full house; arias, canzonettas,
encores..people were going crazy! I had to come out and bow 62
times, and at the end something incredible happened. There was a
life-size Jesus next to the stage; He got off his cross and, hugging
me, said "Luciano, you really sing beautifully, not like that goddamn
Spaniard who made mom cry."
TEd
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