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Originally Posted by ahi
Are they high-quality books from large and reputable publishers?
The existence of poorly typeset books is no proof that typography (or typographic correctness) are non-existent concepts.
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First, I will never say that such rule does "not" exist for Chinese publication. After all, I am not in that business and I have never been trained in that profession.
Second, I would like to remind all of you that modern publication industry in Chinese is not so advanced as some other countries. I did found several books following the rule, but I also want to remind you that such rule, even if any, is not widely accepted in our people, at least not so widely accepted as those countries with advanced publication industry. Maybe some (or many) publication companies adopt the rule, but it seems still far from standards. In academia scenario or daily reading, we really don't care about it. If some violation does occur in a Chinese book, we will not say it's wrong or the publicaton is bad.
Third, I won't judge a publication good or bad by whether certain un-widely accepted rules are followed. The logic is: there must exist some rules to follow so we can distinguish violation of rule. If there is no such rule, how can we distinguish violation of rule. For some countries with durable and advanced publication industry, the rule is widely accpted, so how to distinguish violation of rule is easy. But that's not the situation for Chinese publication. Since such rules are not so widely accepted as standards or semi-standards, how can we say for sure that a publication is bad because it does not follow the rules. I think it's not fair to judge something based on a "rule" that is never widely accepted as a rule.