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line-height
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“Space in typography is like time in music. It is infinitely divisible, but a few proportional intervals can be much more useful than a limitless choice of arbitrary quantities.”
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font size
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factors:
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line height
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margin or padding
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Establishing a suitable line height
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font size
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of the
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The easiest place to begin determining a basic line height unit is with the
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body copy
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the first
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reduces the body text from the 16px default (common to most browsers and OS set-ups) down to the 12px we require
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font-size
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there for Internet Explorer 6
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The second
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ignored by IE6
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sets the text size specifically and is
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font-size
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Spacing between paragraphs
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With our rhythmic unit set at 18px we need to ensure that it is maintained throughout the body copy
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If the rhythm of the page is to be maintained, the spacing of paragraphs should be related to the basic line height unit.
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top- and bottom-margins
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In order that typographic integrity is maintained when text is resized by the user
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we must use ems for all our vertical measurements, including line-height, padding and margins
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Browsers set margins on all block-level elements (such as headings, lists and blockquotes)
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you could look into using the Yahoo! UI Reset style sheet
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Variations in text size
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the differing text should also take up a multiple of the basic leading
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This can be accomplished by adjusting the
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accordingly
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margin
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line-height
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Headings
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Subheadings
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the margins above and below the heading
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line-height
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One can also set asymmetrical margins for headings
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ctmcquilkinThe advent calendar for web geeks. Each day throughout December we publish a daily dose of web design and development goodness to bring you all a little Christmas cheer.
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Aliza Goldnice article on maintaining good spacing in web typography
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– Sofialisse –The advent calendar for web geeks. Each day throughout December we publish a daily dose of web design and development goodness to bring you all a little Christmas cheer.
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Susan BriereSpace in typography is like time in music. It is infinitely divisible, but a few proportional intervals can be much more useful than a limitless choice of arbitrary quantities.” So says the typographer Robert Bringhurst, and just as regular use of time pr
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javier ramirezexplicación del concepto de baseline (ritmo vertical)
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Geoff EdwardsUsing to now to develop my JournalPipe theme.
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Simone Economo"[...] just as regular use of time provides rhythm in music, so regular use of space provides rhythm in typography, and without rhythm the listener, or the reader, becomes disorientated and lost. On the Web, vertical rhythm – the spacing and arrangement o
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Sarah LewisI would like to be more intentional about my typography.
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