tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post1832654752662275240..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Two questions on document preparationMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-20270671130390422202009-02-14T03:12:00.000-08:002009-02-14T03:12:00.000-08:00The large margins are supposedly to improve readab...The large margins are supposedly to improve readability (though definitely not improving the environment, with all the paper wasted). Personally, I haven't noticed a significant effect, though it hurts when the margins are tinier than necessary. Generous margins can give the document a slick outlook [citation needed].<BR/><BR/>I somewhat agree to that, but still the default margins in LaTeX are too small for my needs.. My supervisors prefer having less pages per document (clinically tested!), even though the text is one and the same amount.<BR/><BR/>There's an explanation about the margin policy in the LaTeX wiki, and AFAIR, in \emph{LaTeX Companion}.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Page_LayoutAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434893532185753333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-89937794036220411982009-02-13T21:41:00.000-08:002009-02-13T21:41:00.000-08:00Historically, Mathematicians have had problems wit...Historically, Mathematicians have had problems with margins which aren't large enough.<BR/><BR/><BR/>(listen, someone had to say it.)Originhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020591938698738073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-3885089038667166322009-02-13T20:19:00.000-08:002009-02-13T20:19:00.000-08:00equatorialmaths is mostly right.Ever seen a book g...equatorialmaths is mostly right.<BR/><BR/>Ever seen a book galley? Even if the pages are quite large, the galley is printed with huge margins. It allows for an editor to make notes without spilling into the page that's going into the book.<BR/><BR/>Which makes sense, since TeX was designed as a typesetting system for book publishing. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-76984065658509678492009-02-13T19:47:00.000-08:002009-02-13T19:47:00.000-08:001. Many LaTeX classes are designed to be used for ...1. Many LaTeX classes are designed to be used for publishing, and journal's page width is much smaller.<BR/><BR/>2. Lobby your uni to make this stupid double-spaced requirement removed. It must be stemming from the typewriter age...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-37844001869605725452009-02-13T18:44:00.000-08:002009-02-13T18:44:00.000-08:00I think LaTeX margins are that wide so that you ge...I think LaTeX margins are that wide so that you get about 10 words per line, which is supposedly optimal for scanning. Over-wide lines aren't as easy to read because your eyes are ready to go to the next line, but can't. (Hence the width of newspaper columns as well).<BR/><BR/>My PhD thesis is single-spaced. Can't remember about my MSc thesis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com