On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Rich Shepard wrote: > I am trying to identify why a typeset page looks so different -- more > professional -- than a page from a word processor using the same margins, > typeface, font and so on.
OK. I found the answer while taking a break from writing. It's all in the spacing: inter-letter, inter-word and so on. There's a nice Web site that illustrates the difference <http://www.aeonix.com/pagelay.htm> despite completely missing the point about LyX and LaTeX. He knows only of TeX. I wrote the author and suggested this was equivalent to comparing a high-level programming language with assembly language for a particular processor. We'll see how he responds. Rich -- Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com>