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Web Cartography
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Web Cartography

by Ian Muehlenhaus
December 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
262 pages
8h 5m
English
CRC Press
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Typography
Introduction
This chapter is concerned with separating which typography rules from
print maps have largely stayed the same in Web maps from those that have
changed. First, we review those type rules that have not changed, before
covering all that have. Then, we conclude with a brief overview of several
fonts that are ideally suited for Web mapping.
All in the Family: Explaining Typeface and Font
Ofcially, a typeface is not a font, and a font is not a typeface. However, the
word font has largely come to replace the term typeface among the general
public. Ofcially, a typeface is only one style of type. For example, Myriad
Pro Regu ...
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