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[Elaine]

Celestria, greetings from Lete Bithespring.

You didn't mention the era. If it was post-Gutenberg,the printers  
used red to liven up the page, unless they didn't want to make a  
second run, which required "registration" to keep things aligned, and  
in which case, someone hand-colored the red into blank areas left  
specifically for color to be added.

There were even clients who brought a publication back to their  
printer because the red stripes between between the lines of text  
were not there, not being needed to help a scribe keep his  
handwritten lettering straight. Astute printers put the lines back in  
or just published them at the first outset until patrons could get  
used to the idea of not having the red lines on a page.

If it was before Gutenberg, there was a hierarchy of lettered hands  
with text block changes and a difference in sizes to begin new  
thought lines, much like a chapter heading. Decorated/colored small  
uncials could also indicators of punctuation between sentences.

Concerning blues on a manuscript or broadsheet, you could order 2, 4  
or 8 florin blue. Things were spelled out in excruciating detail when  
contracting for hand-scribed/published work.

Is some of this what was being asked?

HL Lete Bithespring