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Originally Posted by MovieBird
By doing away with the glitz, i.e. the second column and sidebars. Footnotes are an easy hyperlink.
I'm curious how a second column reduces space used? Doesn't the extra margin in between the two columns translate to empty space equaling more pages?
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Read the whole post you refer to.
Readability is a complex topic, but one factor is "measure" (the number of words on a line). With a two column format, I can have less words per line, use a smaller point size, and get more readable text on a page. If I must use one column, I'm forced to a larger font, and likely more space between lines (leading) to preserve readability while getting the same word count. This drives up page count, and makes for a larger, more costly printed volume.
In the book I used as an example, the margin between columns is perhaps 1/4". That doesn't add a lot to the page count.
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Dennis