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Jellby · 09-04-2009, 08:44 AM

I've looked at some Chinese books in Google Books, and I'd say the grid typesetting is not strict (when in horizontal mode), I've seem some lines compressed or expanded apparently to avoid a punctuation af the start of a line. When there is latin-alphabet text mixed with the Chinese, it seems it's enforced to fit the grid, but I've also seen some punctuation "half a box" wide (like the « and » marks).

This is from books published before 1980, like this one (take the third from last line in page 154).

09-04-2009, 08:44 AM	#18
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,556 Karma: 19500001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I've looked at some Chinese books in Google Books, and I'd say the grid typesetting is not strict (when in horizontal mode), I've seem some lines compressed or expanded apparently to avoid a punctuation af the start of a line. When there is latin-alphabet text mixed with the Chinese, it seems it's enforced to fit the grid, but I've also seen some punctuation "half a box" wide (like the « and » marks). This is from books published before 1980, like this one (take the third from last line in page 154).