Graphics Reference
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The whole duty of typography—as with
calligraphy—is to communicate to the
imagination, without loss by the way, the
thought or image
The whole duty of typography--as with
calligraphy--is to communicate to the
imagination, without loss by the way,
the thought or image
Two forms of dashes are desirable:
an en-dash, to connect numbers and
an em-dash, to connect thoughts or
phrases. Both are used without space
before and after. Never use double
dashes or hyphens.
2011- 2020
2011 - 2020
The whole duty of typography, as with calli-
graphy, is to communicate to the imagina-
tion, without loss by the way, the thought
or image intended to be communicated by
the author.
The whole duty of typography, as with calli--
graphy, is to communicate to the imagina--
tion, without loss by the way, the thought or
image intended to be communicated by the
author.
Do not use dashes where hyphens are
required.
The whole duty of typography, as with
calligraphy, is to “communicate” to the
imagination, without loss by the way,
the thought or image intended to be
communicated by the author.
The whole duty of typography, as with
calligraphy, is to "communicate" to the
imagination, without loss by the way,
the thought or image intended to be
communicated by the author.
A common mistake is to substitute
double prime marks for quotation marks
and primes for apostrophes. Prime marks
are used to indicate inches and feet.
“The whole duty of typography, as with
calligraphy, is to communicate to the
imagination, without loss by the way, the
thought or image intended to be communi-
cated by the author.”
“The whole duty of typography, as with
calligraphy, is to communicate to the
imagination, without loss by the way, the
thought or image intended to be communi-
cated by the author.”
To achieve optical alignment, it is
desirable to “hang” punctuation at the
edge of text blocks.
The whole duty of typography… as with
calligraphy, is to communicate to the
imagination, without loss by the way,
the thought or image intended to be
communicated by the author…
The whole duty of typography . . . as
with calligraphy, is to communicate to
the imagination, without loss by the way,
the thought or image intended to be
communicated by the author .
Avoid typing three periods with spaces
between to make an ellipsis. Ellipses can
be made by typing option + semicolon.
Alternately, use three periods separated
by nonbreaking thin spaces between, with
breaking thin spaces before and after.
.
.
T. M .
T. M .
It is not necessary to insert an additional
word space between initial letters.
