PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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STYLE SENTENCES VERBATIM
You use this command to tell TFORM not to adjust sentence
endings at all. (However, if a sentence ends at the end of an input
line, TFORM inserts two spaces after it since there might be room
on the output line to start the next sentence.)
STYLE SENTENCES, with no options at all, sets sentence styling to
its default, which is STYLE SENTENCES 2.
Tips
If you use a flexible unit (CHARS or LINES) in a STYLE command that
affects page layout (STYLE FORM, STYLE GAP, or STYLE MARGIN),
TFORM computes the actual measurement from the pitch setting at the
time it encounters the STYLE command. That measurement remains
constant for the remainder of the document or until you issue another
STYLE command that changes it. On the other hand, changes in pitch
affect measurements for paragraph gap and paragraph indentation, if
you use variable units as the units of measurement.
Although STYLE PARAGRAPHS GAP int overrides the actual
number of blank lines in the output file, a SPACE command at the
beginning of a paragraph overrides the gap specification; TFORM
outputs the vertical spacing specified in a SPACE command instead of
the specified gap. TFORM treats a SPACE command at the end of a
paragraph, however, as though it were embedded in the paragraph. It
produces the amount of space it calls for, but doesn’t override the gap,
because a SPACE command doesn’t end a paragraph.
The paragraph and sentence forms of the STYLE command cause both a
line break and a paragraph break.