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  • gramme1

    I like to hang my punctuation in centered blocks of text. For example, if there's a comma or period at the end of a line, I'll set the same punctuating glyph at the *start* of the line, and make the starting glyph transparent. It kicks the punctuation over a hair and looks more balanced with the rest of the block.

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    • fancy... this kinda thing (even the negative kerning thing) makes me nervous when i go to print. Do you outline type before releasing files?baseline_shift
    • ...outline type before releasing files?baseline_shift
    • Outlined type, for some reason, outputs differently when printed. For instance, body copy feels heavy. I don't outline anything.monospaced
    • outline type as a rule.monospaced
    • I never do that. Someone once told me kerning tables are different from one computer to the next,gramme
    • but I think they had their facts mixed up. Kerning tables reside in fonts, not in operation systems right?gramme
    • I mean, since every font requires different kerning...gramme
    • But yeah, at any rate I never outline type, besides logos or certain illustrations of course.gramme
    • Outlining type only affects the onscreen appearance, since the type-hinting is now gone. Has no effect on print output, except on non-postscript printers.duckofrubber
    • except on non-postscript printers.duckofrubber
    • what the duck saidrkrd
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