That's the great thing about rants -- everyone can play. (grin)
Look, when I am writing I use fonts which are pleasing to me, varying between several depending on the mood of the piece: Book Antiqua-12, Bookman Oldstyle-12, Garamond-14, Century Schoolbook-12. However, switching to a printer format with Courier-12 gives me a different look and that equal-width you complain about makes finding errors and typoes much easier.
As far as limiting expression -- that's silly. No one is changing your words, at least not without your permission. On the other hand, every market has limits in what they want to buy, limits in word length, etc. And if a market buys your story, they aren't going to print it or put it on the web according to your formatting choices. Why wouldn't you want to make it easier for an editor to evaluate your story? (grin) Otherwise, if the whim takes you, submit your stories in OldDreadfulNo7 BT in any size you wish, on any color paper you wish -- or in any file format if it's an electronic submission. (double-grin)
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Date: Sunday, 1 June 2008 01:14 (UTC)Look, when I am writing I use fonts which are pleasing to me, varying between several depending on the mood of the piece: Book Antiqua-12, Bookman Oldstyle-12, Garamond-14, Century Schoolbook-12. However, switching to a printer format with Courier-12 gives me a different look and that equal-width you complain about makes finding errors and typoes much easier.
As far as limiting expression -- that's silly. No one is changing your words, at least not without your permission. On the other hand, every market has limits in what they want to buy, limits in word length, etc. And if a market buys your story, they aren't going to print it or put it on the web according to your formatting choices. Why wouldn't you want to make it easier for an editor to evaluate your story? (grin) Otherwise, if the whim takes you, submit your stories in OldDreadfulNo7 BT in any size you wish, on any color paper you wish -- or in any file format if it's an electronic submission. (double-grin)
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