Description
Add bodyUnits, catchwordUnits, and separationUnits for required.
Manuscript and inscription tokens depend on editorial conventions for folios, sides, lacunae, and date labels. Parsing a convention preserves structure without interpreting the source text.
Add bodyUnits, catchwordUnits, and separationUnits for required.
When to use this tool
Use Manuscript Catchword Line Budget when you need a caller-defined manuscript notation or layout check.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter lineCapacity, bodyUnits, catchwordUnits, separationUnits. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read required, remaining, fits. Inspect fits before interpreting the associated values.
Add bodyUnits, catchwordUnits, and separationUnits for required. Subtract that total from lineCapacity and report fits inclusively.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| lineCapacity | Line Capacity | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| bodyUnits | Body Units | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| catchwordUnits | Catchword Units | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| separationUnits | Separation Units | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| required | Required | Required. Safe integer. |
| remaining | Remaining | Required. Safe integer. |
| fits | Fits | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"lineCapacity": 80,
"bodyUnits": 60,
"catchwordUnits": 8,
"separationUnits": 2
},
"output": {
"required": 70,
"remaining": 10,
"fits": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Units must describe the same layout measure; negative remaining is diagnostic, and typography or script shaping is not measured.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Consult the edition's transcription and foliation policy and inspect the source image for textual interpretation.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Manuscript Catchword Position
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- Manuscript Folio Side Token
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