Space
The space ( Latin for "space", Pl .: Space ) or the parting line is a non-printing blind material in lead type in typography and enables the spacing of words and characters in hand typesetting .
The space in lead type
Spaces are one and a half points thick and are usually made of lead , one-point strength also of copper , half- point strength of brass and quarter- point strength of nickel silver .
In addition to the narrow metal strip with which the space is created, "space" also refers to the space itself, for example in the case of staff lines.
The space in computer-aided typesetting
With the transition to computer-aided typesetting, the narrow space or an eighth square is used for some of the purposes of the space ; the rules described there come from the traditional use of the space. The other uses are margin adjustment and locking .
Other meanings
In the bibliographical record, “space” denotes a space . It is used to distinguish separators in the recording from normal punctuation marks.
In telephony - in the case of pulse dialing using a rotary dial - the pause between the digits dialed is called a space; it is at least 200 ms, i.e. the time of two pulses.
See also
literature
- Herder's Conversations Lexicon . 1st edition. Freiburg im Breisgau 1857, Volume 5, p. 278 Online .
- Malcolm Beckwith Parkes : Pause and Effect. An Introduction to the History of Punctuation in the West. University of California Press, Berkeley 1993, ISBN 0-520-07941-8 .
- Text dictionary - technical terms .
