The daily newspaper : the history of its production and distribution / [G.H.F.]. (1878)
G. H. F · Montreal : J. Dougall · leaf 7
f matter cents. Every one who reads knows thatsome letters are used more frequentlythan others. For the ordinary class ofEnglish work, the relative ratios of theletters, as nearly as can be calculated,are as follows :—y, 1, k, j, q, x—3 ; b, v—7 ; g, p, w, y—10 ; c, f, u, m—12 ; d, 1—20; h, r—30;… … plete lines at the end of a paragrpah,while the spaces, which varyfrom thethickness of a hair to the width of theletter n, make the spaces between words,The larger spaces are all multiples ofthe m, which is square, and are there-fore called quadrats, or quads. With a pair of these cases beforehim,…
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