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make more of itself than it needs to, the remainder of the line was spaced more loosely (still in the
“normal” range) to minimize the effect of the
L
counter.
Uppercase letters are more uniform in width and shape than lowercase letters, as well as optically
more dense; to enhance their look and legibility, all-uppercase setting must always be spaced a
little more loosely than normal.
Tightening or loosening the spacing between these pairs of letters corrects for the awkward coun-
terspaces inherent in their forms. Shifting the lowercase
y
to the right, under the right crossbar of
the
T,
for example, allows the spacing between them to become optically similar to that of subse-
quent letters.
