GCM 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cap Height, Thin Space
12 Mar 2014
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Body height (descenders to ascenders with some extra space) Ex. 12pt garamond bold with cap height of 8. 1pt would be 8. 1/12= 0. 675. Well designed typefaces have cap height factors of about 70% of the body size. Small caps are the same size as the x-height of a typeface. Letter m is the widest letter and has its own space (em space which is the square around the body size) Letter n has its own space (en space which is half the font size) Em space is perfect for the first line indent. Thin space (quarter of the width of an em space;used for i )
