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6. Optical Weights

Optical weights are designed to be set at different sizes so in our example above of the footnotes, we might set the footnotes in the small

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5. Who or What is More Superior?

This is the fifth of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. In our last installment we talked about the importance of...

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4. To Cap or Not to Cap?

If I were to ask you what laser or radar stands for, you might be surprised to find out that they are both acronyms. You can click on the wo

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2. Ligatures

The most classic ligature is the fi ligature. If you look at the image at the top of this page, you will see in the Arno font, if the f and

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1. Text Figures (old-style numbes)

There are essentially four sets of numbers (ignoring superscripts etc.) that we need to deal with. Just like the letters of the alphabet, we

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3. How to Kern Like a Pro

This is the third of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. Kerning is a necessary part of the typesetting process....

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