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Bayeux Tapestry detail: Coronation of Harold, created by Myrabella, 2013, used under Creative Commons license

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Typography Tips

March 26, 2020

15 August 2011

An excellent summary of the most common errors in typography and how to do it right.

I’m a firm believer in all these tips, if I don’t always use them. We’ve battled it out on this site’s forum about the number of spaces after a period in the past, but I don’t think we’ve discussed the others.

(Hat Tip: Matt Schneider and Christopher Pugh)

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