RE: Unicode 3.2: BETA files updated

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Sat Jan 26 2002 - 08:33:54 EST


At 20:55 -0800 2002-01-25, John Hudson wrote:
>At 13:48 1/25/2002, Julie Allen wrote:
>
>>We're estimating that 4.0 will be roughly 1500 pages, which the
>>publisher says is not a problem for one volume. Now whether you can
>>carry it with one hand is a different question. :-)
>
>Please try to ensure a sturdy binding. The binding of 3.0 is a
>little weaker than it should be for a book this size, and 1500 pages
>is going to make this more of an issue. Thanks.

If by binding you mean the cover, the current one is sturdy enough.
But the binding of the pages is abysmal. I've been careful with my
3.0 version, and still, pp. 450-479 have simply fallen out of the
glue, and 479-482 are about to go. The book needs to be PROPERLY
bound, not glue-bound. It needs to be able to be opened flat on a
table, be paged through often, and so on.

-- 
Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com



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