Comments on: At last, proof of what we all knew

By: skzb

skzb — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:35:08 +0000

Coal mining. Yeah. I should have gone into that.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Well, the underline tells the printer that it’s to be italicized, which is clearer for them when they’re changing the text to whatever font your book designer decides. Goes back a long way, of course, to pre-computer days, but it’s still a useful convention.

Not that editors are people. I suppose that’s part of why, after graduating the Denver Publishing Institute, I went into coal mining. Well, that, and money.

By: zizban

zizban — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:30:40 +0000

Explains my aunt.
(retired editor for the old Holt, Rhinehardt and Winston).

By: David

David — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:26:49 +0000

Leaving the question of exactly what they are, then…

By: Karl

Karl — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:02:27 +0000

If you’da ast me… I coulda toldja!

By: Kiki

Kiki — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:17:31 +0000

Thank you for confirming this.