Questions tagged [typography]
Questions about the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. Text is composed to create a readable, coherent, and visually satisfying whole.
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What should one keep in mind while creating a typographic sample?
For testing fonts, producing Lorem Ipsum text is a common practice. There are other attempts to creating such sample texts too. E.g., the "quick brown fox" line. I am aware that the primary ...
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Custom font looks distorted at smaller sizes (FontLab 8)
I'm in the process of making my third display font. I've noticed that in the Windows font viewer, certain letters get distorted at smaller sizes. Look at the z at 24pt for example (fig1). I figured it ...
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engraving font optimized for clarity
I'm looking for a font that can be used for CNC engraving. Specifically, one that makes a single path for each stroke of a character instead of its outline. I'm going to be engraving this as small ...
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Mixing lining and old-style numerals in text
I was reading Layout in Advertising by W. A. Dwiggins, and I found this table with some typefaces (on page 23). The used font has old-style numerals, and it struck me that the ‘2’ in ‘20th Century ...
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Order of arrows important on elevator range signs?
Here we see a sign placed near an elevator. It means that this elevator ranges from the lobby, to the 4th floor.
However as we see the arrows are not in the same order as the L and the four.
Should I ...
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advice on typesetting text with various combinations of capitals?
I am typesetting my CV with a bibliography of my publications. (FWIW: LaTeX, Adobe Minion, which includes small caps if I want to use them.) These publications have a significant number of words that ...
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Why does the oldstyle zero of Times New Roman and EB Garamond look weirdly sans-serif?
The following is Times New Roman, EB Garamond, and Palatino Linotype's oldstyle figures. Why does the 0 of Times New Roman and EB Garamond have nearly no stroke contrast whereas you can see the other ...
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Material on the history of Western typography?
Looking for books on the history of typography in Europe, with lots of example figures on specific typefaces (written and typeset ones) and how they have evolved over time, focusing on the historical ...
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Styling a numbered list of 1–2 digits in columns
If I have a numbered list of up to 2 digits in 2 columns with right aligned numbers, for good typography, is it recommended to have one style for columns with only single digits and another for any ...
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How can I align paragraphs in parallel text boxes in InDesign
I have a bilingual document which I want to layout each paragraph of language A and it's corresponding translation in language B in 2 parallel columns.
I want both paragraphs (of languages A and B) to ...
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Should the period be included when horizontally aligning text?
When horizontally aligning text to look aesthetically "centered", should the period be included when aligning to center or should the text be aligned center and the period be placed offset ...
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Letter I in typeface looks thicker in PDF when outlined in Illustrator
I am experiencing an issue I am not sure whether it will be apparent printed where the I is a lot thicker than the rest of the type when I outlined it in illustrator.
When I zoom in its fine, its just ...
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Typesetting a book like in the 1500s (historically accurate)?
I have to typset a postmodern work of literature that's supposed to look like it was printed in the 1500–1600s. This presents some interesting challenges and has prompted me to research the history of ...
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Searching for fonts similar to Baskervville
I really like the Baskervville font, except for a couple issues I have with it. It's a hair lighter weight than I'd like it to be, especially with the thin strokes, and there is no bold variant, ...
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Can you please advise on kerning?
Despite as much as I practice and as much as I squint and turn things upside down I've never been confident with my kerning, perhaps a little imposter syndrome, perhaps I'm just terrible at it.
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