Wednesday, November 19, 2014

type study

Advantages for multiple columns:

They provide flexible formats for publications that have a complex hierarchy or that integrate text and illustrations.

How many characters for line length? Words?
75,  12

Why is the baseline grid used?
serve to anchor all or nearly all layout elements to a common rhythm

What are reasons to justify? Unjustify?
Makes efficient us of space, also creates a clean compact shape on the page and useful for newspapers and books.
When ugly gaps occur or if the line length is too long


What is a typographic river?
A river of white  or gaps in typesetting which can run through a body of text

Clothesline:
Hangline: An area across the top reserved for images and captions
Flowline?

Type color? Type texture? Light or bold aspects

How does x-height effect type color? Smaller x heights will appear darker or dense

New paragraphs? Rules?
Indent and line break
Line break and ½ line space
Outdent and line break
Extra space inside line
Symbol


Type crime Too many signals

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