> > The postscript output of 'man -Tps rcctl' makes the 'stopped' > > list item of 'rcctl ls' break a line, while all the other items > > are compact one-liners. The diff below changes the width, > > which is the same for ascci, but "stopped" is slightly wider > > than "started" in the postscript output. > > In practice, we cannot expect manual writers - who are mortal > developers and not typography gods - to pay attention to proportional > font glyph widths and kerning. Those who are - like Doug McIlroy > or Brian Kernighan - would do the right thing instinctively anyway, > but the others just shouldn't need to bother.
(Needless to say, this was no typograhical insight on my part, I simply printed out the postscript for once instead of plain man.)
