Re: VMs: Re: entropy, shorthand systems, gallows characters

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Bruce Grant <bgrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rene Zandbergen wrote:
> 
> >There are also places where it seemed as if the 
> >first letter of every line was written first, and
> >then the page filled in. (I think it was in the Bio
> >section).
> 
> Perhaps this is simply a way of making sure the text
> is evenly spaced on the page.
> Possibly some kind of ruler or gauge was used, and a
> single letter 
> written beside each division to fix the location.

Entirely possible! 
Would it mean (for sure) that the VMs is a fair
copy of a draft document? Should we actually
doubt this at all?

> (Are such single  letters evenly spaced?)

I can't remember, and nowadays never find the
time to look at my copies. I'm not even sure of the
page number.... anyone? 
Even spacing is hard to judge of course, since not
all letters have the same height.

Cheers, Rene


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