chapter 16 Language-Specific Issues
Even though many languages share the Latin character set, they use it in
different ways. Spacing rules vary, punctuation usage varies, character choice
varies, and whole typographic idioms may change according to what language
you’re setting. Most of these are copyediting concerns, but it’s important for
typesetters to recognize typos in the making if these instances aren’t handled
properly in the manuscripts they set.
Character Sets
The Latin character set used in a standard text font contains all the characters
and accents needed to set type for all the European languages that use the
Latin alphabet. Many acc ...
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