[Division of Words by Frederick W. Hamilton]@TWC D-Link book
Division of Words

PREFACE
19/45

Attention should be paid to the pronunciation of good speakers, and care taken to follow it.

In case of doubt the dictionary should be consulted and the proper accent carefully fixed in the mind.
DIVISION OF WORDS When the words do not fit the line what shall we do?
The early printers used only one kind of spaces.

In setting a line of type they proceeded until there was no room in the line for the next complete word of the copy.
Then they filled out the line with spaces and began the next word on the next line.

The length of the register being known in advance and nothing but spaces being used in setting the line, the compositor was spared much that makes composition at once a hard labor and a fine art.

The result was an irregular margin at the right such as we now see in typewritten letters.
With improvements in types and typography the squaring out of the page soon came into fashion.


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