26 Apr
2010
26 Apr
'10
9:49 p.m.
Comparing to a recent pub of Studs Turkel which I happened to have at hand, the page size is almost identical -- 1/2 sheet US Letter. The Studs Turkel however has 60 chars per line compared to 70 chars per line in your example PDF -- and as compared to 50 chars per line or less for historical novels. Less chars per line tend to make things more readable while taking more paper. Too many chars per line make things very painful to read -- which is why magazine format or newspaper format is broken up into two or more columns. http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/finetypography/ht/line_length.htm