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How a 1918 printing primer defines type size, set, the em and spaces, with a checklist for comic…
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For comic and picture-book letterers and designers who want the traditional print definitions of type size, width and spacing. It reports what two sections of a 1918 primer say, with a short untested checklist for modern lettering. The text does not cover digital type or comics, so those uses are inference.
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Guide title
How a 1918 printing primer defines type size, set, the em and spaces, with a checklist for comic lettering
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For comic and picture-book letterers and designers who want the traditional print definitions of type size, width and spacing. It reports what two sections of a 1918 primer say, with a short untested checklist for modern lettering. The text does not cover digital type or comics, so those uses are inference.
Useful starting points
- Size means the height of the type's body, not the visible letter height, so a face can look smaller or larger than its stated size.
- The primer calls type below 5-1/2 points not practicable for extended reading; whether that holds for screens today is not stated.
- Word spacing in the primer is given as fractions of the em, such as a third or a fourth, and a hand check by eye is still needed.
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