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Typography
Charles Nix
Choose well. Use well.
Don’t be a stupid designer.
Chapter Title↧
This is an A-head↧
This is a B-head
↧T h i s i s a C - h e a d
↧Nobody knows what a D-head is.
Legible: can be read.
Readable: easy and enjoyable to read.
Read D.B. Updike[ Then go here: tdc.org/helpful-resources ]
Read new fonts.[ Start here: type-foundries-archive.com ]
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Hippos are wider than zebras.
Hippos are wider than zebras.
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Emphasis. Emphasis. Emphasis.
[emphasis.] Italic Bold
True Small Caps
Bold Italic
O T F + WO F F
Trenta | Venti | Grande | Tall | Short
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����e� : Apples
����e� : Oranges
����e� : Elephants
Words.
An average sentence has about sixty characters or ten words.
A readable line of text in a book has about sixty five characters.
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Justified eBook type is for fools.
The em is a variable.[ And so is the ebook screen. ]
Short ascenders + descendersTall ascenders + descenders
More leading
Less leading
This fine flavor is not this fine flavor.
“inches”
24"
Giant’s inches
3'
It was…the greatest presenation ever.
It was...[not]
“1/8” is not 1/2 of 1/4.
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Hyphen should not be hyphenated.
It’s hyphen-ate, not hy-phenate.
And hyphen-ated, not hyphenat-ed.
Look! I didn’t avoid care-
lessly stacking hyphen-
ated words on consecu-
tive lines!
Neither Mer-
riam nor Web-
ster like being
broken.
[ But they’re
fine with Merriam-
Webster. ]
BANSHEES PROPHESY DEATH!
HERALDS PROCLAIM TIDINGS.
Consistently inconsistent
Put down the knife.
Put down the knife
and get yourself some cake!
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Like the FBI and the CIA
And the BBC
From 1454–present—though
Chicago disagrees—spaces around
em-dashes, en-dashes,
and ellipses are bad form.
A page from the Department of Redundancy Department, paging Bob Roberts. Bob Roberts, please answer this page from the Department of Redundancy Department, please.
Wipe out the widows and orphans.