Lesson 2: Dive Into Typography (排版)

Lesson 2: Dive Into Typography (排版)

排版是字的艺术，是关于字的一切：字体、字号、行高、行长、字重（斜体／加粗／正常）、字距（kerning）、行距（leading）可读性……

Article 1: Typography Essentials – A Getting Started Guide (排版要点——一个入门指南)

这篇文章所说的很多都不适用于中文。

基础

• The Type Size, also called the Cap Height, is the overall height of capital letters in the formation of words.
• The Ascender is the upward tail on letters like h, l, t, b, d, and k.
• The Descender is the downward tail for letters like g, q, and y.
• The Counter is the white space located inside letters like o and p.
• The X Height is the height of the letter, and does not include ascenders or descenders.
• Baselines are the boundary that the lowest part of the letter rests on. Take a look at the y, p, g, p and y letters in the illustration above. The solid line they are resting on is the baseline.

• Kerning: 字距。
• Leading: 行距。

• left alignment
• center alignment
• Right alignment 显得正式。
• Justified alignment: 左右对齐。避免出现 tracking, 也叫 river).

Type Category(字体分类)

• Serif: 衬线体。这种字体在长段的时候更易读，而且传统。（如果没有特别制定，绝大多数程序都把 Times New Roman style 作为默认字体。是衬线体。）
• San－Serif: 无衬线体。这种字体的粗体作为 labeling、headlines、titles。也易读，但是更有现代的感觉。
• Script, symbols and decorative type: 手写体、符号、装饰体通常用于具体的图像和信息。（婚礼可能使用更瘦更流畅的字体，小孩生日