Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> writes:
>
>> On 2008-03-21, Gus Richter <gusrichter@netscape.net> wrote:
>>> Ben C wrote:
>> [...]
>>> Great stuff Ben. Where did you get this "strut" thing from? Sounds like
>>> something for my car.
>> It's mentioned in the CSS specification. Apparently it's a TeX term.
>
> ... taken (by TeX) from the world of metal type where it was exactly
> what you would expect -- a metal strut that was used to hold space
> open in a layout.

Careful, you're taking a chance to be called a Dipstick. ;-)

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Gus