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Old 07-07-2024, 10:08 AM   #4303
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Re: lead vs lede.

I published a magazine for 30 years, and my father in law was a linotype operator. Jay is 100% correct. In 30 years in the magazine business no one ever used the term lede. And it was taught as lead in journalism school. My father in law is the only person I ever encountered who used the term lede. It is a typesetting term from the hot lead days, and not a journalism term.
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