Subj : Some issues from some books
To   : Gleb Hlebov
From : Anton Shepelev
Date : Tue Nov 28 2023 10:51:52

Gleb Hlebov to Anton Shepelev:

AS>> This is sentence spacing -- traditionlly used in
AS>> typewriting and in the better typographical books.  If
AS>> you will remember the book on witchcraft in Suspiria,
AS>> it has sentence spacing, too.

GH> Which one do you have in mind? I rewatched the original
GH> 1977 movie a couple of months ago, but unsurprisingly, I
GH> took no notice of such detail and could've missed if
GH> there were any brief close-ups of a book. Because I was
GH> so much stunned by its coloring and cinematography. :-)

Yes, I meant the original Suspiria, and wathed it from
Bluray on via my projector.  Increased sentence spacing is
used in many good old books, and I think it was especially
prominent before 1940s.

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