Re:How Typography Can Save Your Life
by phlo on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @03:28AM
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Those seem like very reasonable points. Are you confused by the terminology? If so:
- "x" height refers to the height of the mean line of lowercase letters, e.g. the lowercase letter "x". Ascenders (on letters like l, t, k) will exceed this height.
- height-to-width: seems straightforward: wider fonts may often look more modern (see e.g. the Eurostile vs. Frutiger comparison in the article), but are harder to read.
- spacing: allow for enough whitespace vertically and horizontally. This, again, improves legibility compared to condensed fonts.
- "x" height refers to the height of the mean line of lowercase letters, e.g. the lowercase letter "x". Ascenders (on letters like l, t, k) will exceed this height.
- height-to-width: seems straightforward: wider fonts may often look more modern (see e.g. the Eurostile vs. Frutiger comparison in the article), but are harder to read.
- spacing: allow for enough whitespace vertically and horizontally. This, again, improves legibility compared to condensed fonts.