[aphrodite_text basenum="tu5n8tbcyu"]What is good typography?[/aphrodite_text][aphrodite_empty basenum="r7uxxplm61" lg="20px"][aphrodite_text basenum="ae47upajvb"]Good typography reinforces the meaning of the text. Almost all texts communicate a set of points (The petition should be denied for three reasons). Sometimes a text also needs to instruct the reader (Add lines 7 through 21 and enter the total here). Other texts offer warnings or admonitions (You must be 48 inches tall to ride; Speed limit 75). In every case, good typography supports and reinforces the message. Good typography makes the text more effective.[/aphrodite_text][aphrodite_empty basenum="gc3yfl4te9" lg="40px"][aphrodite_text basenum="luoqvzb8po"]Three subsidiary propositions flow from this: Good typography is measured by how well it reinforces the meaning of the text, not by some abstract scale of merit. Typographic choices that work for one text won’t necessarily work for another. (Corollary: good typographers don’t rely on rote solutions. One size never fits all.) For a given text, there are many typographic solutions that would be equally good....
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