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Wonky Hyphenation
instructions on how to mark up pdf for hyphenation
Raphaël Freeman
Apr 24, 20222 min read
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Proofreading check list
I will try and keep this check list updated regularly. You have just received the first draft of the typeset book, and the first...
Raphaël Freeman
Apr 30, 20206 min read
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6. Optical Weights
Optical weights are designed to be set at different sizes so in our example above of the footnotes, we might set the footnotes in the small
Raphaël Freeman
Dec 28, 20182 min read
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5. Who or What is More Superior?
This is the fifth of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. In our last installment we talked about the importance of...
Raphaël Freeman
Dec 21, 20182 min read
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4. To Cap or Not to Cap?
If I were to ask you what laser or radar stands for, you might be surprised to find out that they are both acronyms. You can click on the wo
Raphaël Freeman
Oct 28, 20183 min read
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Marking the PDF after the pictures have been placed
However, if the quality of the image is not good enough for press, then the image will be imported as large as possible such that it will be
Raphaël Freeman
Mar 25, 20181 min read
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2. Ligatures
The most classic ligature is the fi ligature. If you look at the image at the top of this page, you will see in the Arno font, if the f and
Raphaël Freeman
Mar 2, 20183 min read
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1. Text Figures (old-style numbers)
There are essentially four sets of numbers (ignoring superscripts etc.) that we need to deal with. Just like the letters of the alphabet, we
Raphaël Freeman
Feb 26, 20183 min read
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3. How to Kern Like a Pro
This is the third of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. Kerning is a necessary part of the typesetting process....
Raphaël Freeman
Feb 2, 20181 min read
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