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Old 06-11-2011, 05:47 PM   #36
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Reminds me of my days as a technical editor in the early 1960s (before everything went digital). All our stuff was machine set with a monotype machine, but equations had to be hand set in the centuries-old technique. The printers had only one compositor skilled in hand setting equations. Every year when he went on holiday we would get back galley proofs with a real dog's breakfast of symbols that made no sense. Computer setting has obliterated all that.
Hah! I have a Mathematical Analysis book which is set in monotype and the equations were handwritten, and I've always wondered why the hell would they do that. The book was created from lecture notes from a famous Israeli mathematician in the 60s/70s. Now I understand why.
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