On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Victor Mote wrote:
> I have been looking for some time for a source for the HZ (Hermann Zapf) > algorithm which (as I understand) optimizes line breaks for multiple lines, > looking for rivers, too many lines in a row ending in hyphens, etc. I think > I first saw it referenced in Bringhurst's book, and that it was implemented > by a European company that is now out of business. I understand that TeX > implemented it or something similar, and that Adobe may have used the TeX > algorithm in InDesign. The closest thing I have found to a source for the > algorithm itself is that Knuth's "Digital Typography" may have it or at > least a discussion of it. It is documented in either book 1 or 2 of Digital Typography by (I think!) P. Karow, of URW (i.e. the folks behind the Ikarus format (just google for URW and Digital Typograhy or Ikarus)). I think it is in book one. The books are an absolute 'must have' - but hard to get. Occasionally one can be found second hand; usually from a art/font firm dealing with the high end market of posters and other big print publications. But the algorithm described there is not a computer one; but more a method for someone cutting the scripts coming out of the linotypes and pasting them on the wax board. Dw. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
