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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Hyperlinks as part of text
I look for some general typographic rules (or at least advices) for hyperlinks placed as part of text that can be in both electronic and printed version. Specifically I want to solve these issues:
If ...
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Fonts with an upper-case 'E' slanted in each direction
I am trying to find a font similar to this image. Specifically where the top and bottom prong of the upper-case 'E' are going in opposite directions. Anyone happen to remember seeing one similar?
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Hoefler Text non-breaking space is too wide
In Pages on MacOS, Hoefler Text has very wide non-breaking spaces:
As you can see, in other fonts, the non-breaking space has the same width as the standard one. In Hoefler Text, it is 3 times wider. ...
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Making my own char set for representing computer programing source code in lambda calculus (help)
cross post from linguistics since I was told this was a better place to ask my question
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I am making my own char set for the programing language I ...
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White spaces or widows?
I've an ugly page break where I'm forced with a dilemma: a pretty large amount of white space, or else a widowed (or maybe an orphaned? I'm not sure of the terminology) line on the next page (1st and ...
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Is there a symbol or way of writing "in between" or "up to" for a year on a timeline graph?
I am making a timeline and every point is one specific year (1965, 1975, 1982, 1985, 1986) except for one point which is a range "1987-2014". Having one data point that's double the size of ...
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Are paragraphs in a (bullet) list item an antipattern?
Say I'm writing a document (maybe an email) and I'm describing 3 possible solutions to a given problem. Each solution can be described in like 3-10 sentences. I'd like to break down the solution ...
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Best book about modernism typography
"Grid systems in graphic design" by Josef Müller Brockmann is THE book about the modular grid system and deals with layout. The "Vignelli Canon" by Massimo Vignelli partly deals ...
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Is there a term of art for not incrementing list/section numbering on popping level?
Suppose I have some text presented in a two-level hierarchy (whether using lists or headings isn’t important) as follows:
1. ITEM 1. Along with some text that is
relevant to ITEM 1. This item ...
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How to achieve this typographic bevel and emboss with yet photocopy effect?
Hi all, found this image on Are.na - been trying to study this image with my own typographic treatment, but still having trouble with finding the right bevel and emboss settings. Also noticed there's ...
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Missing diacritical marks in an Adobe licensed font
I'm designing a print publication in InDesign CC using Adobe Caslon, and the typeface appears to be missing these characters:
This is how the text is rendering:
Switching to a different font isn't ...
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How can I color a part of a letter in Illustrator?
I'm trying to color the arms of a capital T in Georgia font on Illustrator for a project, but I can't do it. Can someone explain to me how to accomplish this?
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InDesign best practice for headings in separate columns
I'm wondering if there is a better way to set up this type of layout where the headings are in the left column, and the body copy is in the right column. Currently I am using a separate text box for ...
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How does unobviously uneven spaces between words in justified text affect reading?
From Typographic alignment - Wikipedia, it seems that there are two main disadvantages of justified text: large spaces between words in narrow columns, and higher likelihood to have river of white ...
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Is this logo too asymmetrical or does it matter?
I'm designing a logo for a startup called “peak development” that requires some sort of mountain peak in the title.
I'm happy enough with the concept, basically the A is the peak, but one option has ...
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Whether to put special words in headings in italics?
When we use some term for the first time in a text, it is usually suggested to put in italics. For example:
Hereinafter, such hyphens are referred to as connectors.
My question is whether we should ...
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Is there a term for whether the middle of an uppercase M touches the baseline?
A number of fonts (Gotham, Vera, Nexa) have an uppercase M where the middle V shape doesn't touch the baseline. In many (most?) other fonts, that shape does touch the baseline. Is there a formal or ...
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Bizarre behaviour of letters resizing automatically as I type in InDesign
hoping someone can shed some light on my situation.
I am facing something I have never faced before. As I type in a text box, no matter the font, there seems to be some kind of behavioral rule telling ...
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Single word/phrase for "unindent and unalign"?
In the image, "dolor sit" line is "indented" and "aligned". If you pull that line all the way to the first column, it would be "unindented and unaligned". What ...
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What elements should be changed to make the logo and product label look more professional?
Jam product
We are currently designing a new jam product. The target group are +30-year-old people living in Rotterdam (known for its green and white flag). It is a product with a philanthropic end ...
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How can I make this typo effect?
I want to make a work with distortion in the line of letters. What should I do?
GEOPHA-GIA (in photo)
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Whether to choose the hyphen or the en dash in cases like "Anglo-Saxon England" or "The Washington-Moscow hotline"?
My question is very short.
Whether I should use the en dash (U+2013) or the hyphen in cases like
Anglo-Saxon England (Anglo–Saxon England) (a famous book by F. M. Stenton)
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The Washington-Moscow ...
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How do you create combining diacritics in FontLab?
If I type a letter "a" and the acute accent mark, I want the result to be á. These are technically still separate characters: the "a" and the "combining acute accent above&...
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How do you decide the text direction when written in vertical direction?
Every other design for social media, I face this problem. I discussed this in room also. I came to know that different countries have different views. They also gave examples about book spine. Which I ...
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Is there a way to auto-baseline-shift a line to the top of the largest inline object?
Indesign aligns inline objects to the bottom. Is there a way to make it so inserting an object inline will make everything go to the top instead? I can manually accomplish this with baseline shift, ...
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Indesign - FindChangeByList exclude character style (or hyperlinks)
I have a FindChangeByList search that replaces a divis between numbers with an en-dash with an 1/24 quad before and after. Unluckily it includes our Hyperlinks too and thus destroys them.
Is there a ...
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What is the space between words called in typography (not kerning or tracking)?
I know what tracking and kerning are I just want to know what the title for the space between words are.
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Should a footnote (superscript number) directly follow the word?
I have footnotes in my manuscript. Each footnote is indicated by a number in superscript. Should the number directly (without a space) follow the word? Or should a space be placed between the word and ...
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What's the name of these graphic elements at the end of an article?
It's a graphic element used in magazines and newspapers at the end of an article, to let the reader know the text ends in that page. It can be the magazine logo, or a variant of it, or just an ...
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Typesetting in Dutch: Dijkstra vs. Dijkstra
What is the official way to typeset the surname of EWD in Dutch?
Dijkstra (i and j are two separate letters)
Dijkstra (ij is one letter)
(I'm not asking about English. I'm also not asking what about ...
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Typesetting in English: bijection vs. bijection
What's the right way to typeset the word bijection (a mathematical term meaning an injective and surjective map or, equivalently, a map having a two-sided inverse) in English?
bijection (i and j are ...
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What is the name of the font used by Dymo machines?
I've done some Googling and come up short. I'm looking for the name of the font used in Dymo labelling machines like this.
I'm after the original font (and preferably on OT version) used, or on which ...
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Feedback: Kerning with loose tracking
I am currently designing a record cover and I am having some issues with the kerning of the album name and artist due to the loose tracking. I am struggling to ensure the space between the letters are ...
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How could I replicate this striped effect in Illustrator?
I'm attempting to simulate a ribbon like pattern for lettering, similar to this image:
I've already made the outlines for the lettering, however using the blend tool and the width tool doesn't give ...
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Tool that shows same word in many fonts at the same time?
Is there a (preferably online) tool that lets you type in a word or words and it presents them on screen in many different fonts (preferably 10's or even 100's), all the same time? The purpose being ...
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Does this part of a vintage font have a name?
I am looking for vintage style fonts with this chevron element through it, I've noticed it on a few fonts, Does this element have a name in typography terms?
(This particular font is called "...
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typeface recommendations
I'm not an expert in graphic design, but I have some basic knowledge. So I would like to ask some typeface choice recommendations. I'm designing a website for a potter where he will present his work ...
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How do I go about creating 'spurs' in illustrator
Hello everybody, just wanted some help in creating the pointy things on the letters as demonstrated on the image. Thank you
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When a font misses one letter with a diacritic sign (č) but has another one (š), can I make it display the missing sign?
I would like to use the Gochi Hand font but it misses character "č" that my language uses. However, it displays š, for example, just fine. These letters are formed by combining normal ...
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I'm Having A Problem With my SVG Font Design
This is my first take on making fonts. So, please try to be as elaborate as possible.
So, i'm going to try and explain my issue as clean and elaborate as possible.
I'm using Inkscape to create my font....
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What are these fonts with connected holes called?
I am looking for a font with connected holes like this for my vinyl printing project:
But what is this type of font called?
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With PieBie answer, I found plenty of stencil fonts and I made some ...
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Create same effect in Illustrator as Carhartt image below
I've tried using the roughen tool in illustrator but not really getting the results I'm looking for. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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How can I create text with a drop shadow combined with a stroke in Photoshop?
I want to achieve this text effect. The references below seems a mix of stroke and a box shadow. But the shadow seems connected to text (normal text shadow is like basically another text layer just ...
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Drops caps with short first sentence
In regards to drop caps, how do you treat paragraph spacing/drop caps when the first paragraph is a single short sentence? This is causing a large white space below the first paragraph.
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InDesign: single-line composer (paragraph style)
I've finally found out about the paragraph composer and how I can stop InDesign from meddling with my type automatically:
Is there a way to incorporate this into a paragraph style so that I don't ...
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What's the correct English term for this old typesetting technique?
I am building up a typography glossary and I'm looking for the name of this old typographic technique. I have seen it now and then since I was a kid. It was common for more than some eighty years ago, ...
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Which slash is correct for ‘Old Money’
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Unicode defines multiple strokes; of interest to this question is U+002f (solidus: ‘/’), U+2044 (fraction slash: ‘⁄’) and U+2215 (division slash: ‘∕’). I cannot—however—find these well ...
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How to greek a piece of text in a .pdf that I make in InDesign?
Is there a quick way to greek a piece of text in InDesign? As in, replace paragraphs of text with horizontal grey bars?
At the moment, I'm using the Underline options to give the text I want to greek ...
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How to copy all glyphs or characters of a font in illustrator
I want to display all characters or glyphs included on a font with all variables in illustrator and copy it to a editable table of characters to make a type specimen, the only way i know is select one ...
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How can I make this more readable? I need to change the space around the words, but do not know how big to make it
I've got a big strategic road map that I created in Visio. I know that Visio is not the ideal choice for all elements of this project, but it checked most of the boxes without having much downside. ...
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