Cast-off
To examine MS. copy and determine how many pages it will make in any given size and type. This is done by composing five or six lines selected from some part which seems to be of the average style of writing, and thus ascertaining how many lines of MS. will make even lines of print.
Suppose there are 600 pages of MS. averaging thirty lines in a page, and that it is required to know how many pages of foolscap folio it will occupy in print. There are altogether 18,000 lines of MS.; nine lines of MS. make five of print, therefore there will be 10,000 lines of print, which at fifty-three lines to a page will make 189 pages.
Sometimes it is necessary to cast-off reprint copy, to determine what quantity will be got in, or driven out, by setting in larger or smaller type.
Cast-off
To examine MS. copy and determine how many pages it will make in any given size and type. This is done in manuscript by composing five or six lines selected from some part which seems to be of the average style of writing, and thus ascertaining how many lines of manuscript will make even lines of print.
Suppose there are six hundred pages of manuscript, averaging thirty lines in a page, and that it is required to know how many pages of foolscap folio they will occupy in print. There are altogether eighteen thousand lines of manuscript; nine lines of manuscript make five of print; therefore there will be ten thousand lines of print, which at fifty-three lines to a page, will make one hundred and eighty-nine pages.
Sometimes it is necessary to cast-off reprint copy, to determine what quantity will be got [i]n, or driven out, by setting in larger or smaller type.