Browsing Category: Typography

Hanging Punctuation refers to the technique of positioning certain typographical elements, such as bullets, quotation marks on pull quotes, etc. into the margin of a document, so that the main text that the glyph highlights remains flush with the rest of the body copy around it. Often seen in print, rarely used on the web, hanging punctuations can help keep the flow of your document and make the text easier to read.

Many aspects of good typography are often overlooked when it comes to designing web sites. I’m not just talking about what fonts to choose, but also about typesetting to create a fluid body of text. While it may be tempting to leave type rules at their default values and let the browser sort it out (which is probably what most of us do, myself included until recently), this isn’t always the best solution. — Enter the baseline grid.