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Re: Mathematical typesetting principles
- To: Hans Aberg <haberg@matematik.su.se>
- Subject: Re: Mathematical typesetting principles
- From: Thierry Bouche <Thierry.Bouche@ujf-grenoble.fr>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 14:18:54 +0100 (MET)
- Cc: math-font-discuss@cogs.susx.ac.uk, Thierry Bouche <Thierry.Bouche@ujf-grenoble.fr>
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Concernant « Mathematical typesetting principles », Hans Aberg écrit : «
» > I think this is in favor of true professional typographers,
» >that may normalize authors manuscripts.
»
» Since math should be typeset according to semantical rules, it is difficult
» for typesetters to change a typeset formula.
I am aware of this. That's why I advocate for
- the survival of true typographers,
- the two-way communication between typographers & authors,
typographers can enhance a text's presentation because they know the
Rules (;-), authors are the only caution of the scientific validity of
the altered text.
We're currently facing very hard times, where publishers save money by
replacing typographers' skill by `expert' software, and each author
develops his own convention, yielding an unfriendly, badly typeset,
babel of notations.
Thierry Bouche, Grenoble.