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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Can't be done reliably, as in, formatted not once ultra-carefully but through an entire book with multiple indents, and not by an expert programmer but by an ordinary poet, and by publishing house grunts who wish to lay out/automate hundreds of pages as quickly as possible. .
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With all due respect, Prestidigitweeze, a complex layout like that was, is, and likely will be destined to be a job for the
master typesetter, and definitely not for "grunts" working under the insane deadlines, who are rarely paid to deliver the masterpiece.
There is a (commercially) limited interest for these titles, hence limited demand for tools to automate/support such a job... When and if those titles are properly digitized, it will be done either by enthusiasts or as a show-off piece worthy of the resume and/or presentation to the potential customers.