Optical Margin

A bounded Latin typography case study

Which Margin Are We Aligning?

Magnified recorded detail · sixth-line quote left of guide

Magnified recorded lines five through seven. Beneath the line ending ‘internal line’, the sixth line’s opening quote protrudes left of the guide.

Which edge?

Which mechanism?

Whose judgment?

Recorded 54% case · not a live demo

Quinn Keaveney · Vancouver · opticalmargin.com

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