Typography

The style and appearance of printed matter.

A font instructs the computer how to present or print the typeface.

A typeface is the shape of the letters, numbers, and symbols that make up its overall design.

Typeface Classifications

Typefaces are classified based on certain characteristics. The differences between typefaces may be subtle or fairly obvious. Some typefaces are better suited as headlines, while others are better suited for body text.

  • Humanist

    400 Libre Baskerville

  • Transitional

    400 PT Serif

  • Modern

    400 Playfair Display

  • Slab Serif

    400 Arvo

  • Display

    400 Lobster

  • Handwriting

    400 Permanent Marker

  • Humanist Sans

    400 Cabin

  • Transitional Sans

    400 Lato

  • Geometric Sans

    400 Josefin Sans

Legibility is the ease at which the individal letters can be distinguished in a specific typeface.

Warning To prevent injury do not perform maintenance when fan is running.

Warning

To prevent injury do not perform maintenance when fan is running.

Readability is the ease at which the copy can be read.

Chapter I

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt. When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.

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Chapter I

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt.

When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.

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Vertical Rhythm

Just like lines on a piece of notebook paper, vertical rhythm helps us stay organized by using evenly spaced horizontal lines as a guide for our pages. Our vertical rhythm is influenced by the size of our font, margin and line-height.

There are a few great tools that can be used to achieve good vertical rhythm. The Modular Scale helps us calculate our font sizes and margins. Basehold.it provides intructions on how to add a customizable background image that visually allows us to check our vertical rhythm.

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