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Non-Designer’s Type Book, The, Second Edition
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Non-Designer’s Type Book, The, Second Edition

by Robin Williams
September 2005
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
5h 56m
English
Peachpit Press
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hairline

Thinnest stroke in a character, specifically in the modern category.

hairline rule

One-quarter point stroke or line.

hairline serif

A flat, thin serif as on a letter in a modern typeface.

hanging indent

When the first line of a paragraph hangs out to the left of the rest of the paragraph. Also known as an outdent.

hanging punctuation

Punctuation that is moved beyond the edge of the text to avoid the appearance of an indent.

hard copy

A printed copy. “Hard” means you can touch it.

hard line break

When you press Shift Return or Shift Enter to force a line to break, but it does not create a new paragraph.

hard Return

When you press the Return/Enter key to manually start a new paragraph.

hard space

A non-breaking space between ...

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