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Subject:Re: European vs. American paper sizes From:"Wayne J. Douglass" <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 9 Jan 1997 15:38:53 -0800
At 04:58 PM 1/9/97 -0600, Geoff Hart wrote:
> The only drawback to this approach is that you're not
> making optimal use of white space on either version, and
> white space should be designed, not an accident. On the
> other hand, the paper sizes are close enough that this
> shouldn't pose a serious problem.
>
If your idea of "optimal use of white space" is cramming as much type on a
page as you can, then Geoff is right. Otherwise, it's a simple design
consideration that savvy designers handle every day.
--Wayne Douglass
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