http://layersmagazine.com/the-art-of-type-reading-between-the-lines.html The How-to Magazine for Everything Adobe Fri, 11 May 2012 10:52:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://layersmagazine.com/the-art-of-type-reading-between-the-lines.html/comment-page-1#comment-24566 Whitespace, text readability, and online typography | Jonathan Rascher Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:11:02 +0000 http://www.layersmagazine.com/?p=5874#comment-24566 [...] the formatting in the previous example with that of this article on leading and this tutorial on elastic CSS layouts, both of which feature plenty of whitespace and interline [...] [...] the formatting in the previous example with that of this article on leading and this tutorial on elastic CSS layouts, both of which feature plenty of whitespace and interline [...]

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/the-art-of-type-reading-between-the-lines.html/comment-page-1#comment-15359 Keith Cross Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:12:14 +0000 http://www.layersmagazine.com/?p=5874#comment-15359 @Jon: I think he split the difference there. It does, in fact refer to the alloy cause that is where leading gets it name from...the alloy of lead, tin and antimony used for casting type, ornament and strip material (leading) used in setting a type form (what he calls 'metal stamping blocks'). I suppose the alloy mix may have been different for type (Monotype vs. Linotype/Ludlow) vs. strip material (on an Elrod Strip Caster, etc.). On that subject I have less knowledge. @Jon: I think he split the difference there. It does, in fact refer to the alloy cause that is where leading gets it name from…the alloy of lead, tin and antimony used for casting type, ornament and strip material (leading) used in setting a type form (what he calls ‘metal stamping blocks’). I suppose the alloy mix may have been different for type (Monotype vs. Linotype/Ludlow) vs. strip material (on an Elrod Strip Caster, etc.). On that subject I have less knowledge.

]]> http://layersmagazine.com/the-art-of-type-reading-between-the-lines.html/comment-page-1#comment-7695 Jon.Hersh Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:10:27 +0000 http://www.layersmagazine.com/?p=5874#comment-7695 Nice article. I especially appreciate your recommendation on the headline leading adjustments based on the presence of ascenders/descenders. But you missed on the definition of leading. It refers to the strips of lead placed between the rows of letters to adjust the spacing, not the material the letters were cast from. Nice article. I especially appreciate your recommendation on the headline leading adjustments based on the presence of ascenders/descenders. But you missed on the definition of leading. It refers to the strips of lead placed between the rows of letters to adjust the spacing, not the material the letters were cast from.

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