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    This is a very particular and specific detail, but when I set all-caps type in Mercury, I set figures a quarter-point larger so they are actually lining height. H&FJ purposely drew their figures smaller in an effort to avoid true text figures. It's a feature of Mercury that's always bugged me, especially if you pair it with a sans that has text figures.

    An extremely tedious work-around is to set figures amongst Mercury text in Farnham, since they are both basically contemporary versions of the Fleischman style. Farnham's x-height is taller, so you have to set the figures at a slightly smaller size.

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    • —but when done properly, it looks like someone actually added text figures to Mercury.gramme
    • It's a nearly seamless fit.gramme
    • Your type eliteness raises its ugly head. We're not worthy.monospaced
    • hah, yeah wow. I thought i was a type nerd.baseline_shift
    • Yes, I am a massive nerd. Or, a pompous cock as Greedo would say.gramme
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