Page Break vs New Page

[Jean-Pierre Chrétien]

Le 25/01/2021 à 10:29, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes a écrit :

> 
> But the problem with "adequate French typographical expressions" is that I can 
> never figure out what "fer en haut" might mean.

A bit confusing I admit and difficult to explain in English. « fer » is the 
limit of the frame inside which typographers used to stack characters. So

« fer à gauche » means that the characters are stacked from the left limit, i.e 
left alignment
« fer en haut » means that the characters are stacked from the upper limit

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_(typographie)

Obviously, the page does not exist in English.

What about
« aligné à gauche » instead of « fer à gauche »
« calé en haut de page » instead of « fer en haut »

-- 
Jean-Pierre