Em- and En-Dashes

There are some typographical rules when it comes to dashes, following or violating them can be easily spotted and is often used as first indicator for...

Hanging Punctuation

Many of you might know some things about typography. For instance, most people adhere to rules, like “Always use sans serif fonts for digital displays!” or...

Slanting or Italics

One of the most common type crimes is to use so called pseudo italics. To the defense of all who regularly use slanting instead of italic fonts, Microsoft with...

Points for Font Sizes

I am often ask what “points” stand for and how actual font sizes relate to printed size on posters and on the Web. Here is the short explanation for font...