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[AI summary] This article explores the history, theory, and modern applications of 'ink traps' and 'light traps' in typography, explaining how designers modify letterforms to compensate for printing shrinkage, screen blurring, and rendering artifacts.
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The brief Context Typographers and type foundries (the companies that commission and produce typefaces) have always had to promote their latest designs to printers and designers to show off a particular typeface, its different fonts in a variety of sizes and contexts, and the unique features of it. Once Specimen Sheets were the main way
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[AI summary] Type designers Stan and Mirela explain their creative process behind Oddval, a geometric sans-serif typeface that incorporates enlarged ink traps and oval shapes to add unique character while maintaining readability.
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New topics take center stage in this volume of award-winning author Marie Brennan's set of worldbuilding guides for science fiction and fantasy writers. Ranging from the poverty-stricken reality of beggars and servants up to the heights of imperial rule, from the solidarity of guilds and unions to the spirituality of saints and miracles, the NEW WORLDS series offers insights into every corner of human society.
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