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If this stuff (typography, punctuation, etc.) interests you, definitely check out Butterick’s Practical Typography [1]. Great resource and easy to follow. [1]

If this stuff (typography, punctuation, etc.) interests you, definitely check out Butterick’s Practical Typography [1]. Great resource and easy to follow. [1] https://practicaltypography.com/ https://practicaltypography.com/

jerry1979 4y ago
I can practically feel that cut off capital A in my arms and chest.
unmole 4y ago
But please don't do things like this: > Cross-references, denoted with small caps, are clickable. > Links to outside material are denoted with a red circle, like so. Hyperlinks are almost universally distinguished by underlining them. There is no rational reason to invent a new design language and expect people to learn it. And for what benefit? The seemingly random capitalisation of words and weird circles in the middle of the text makes it much more jarring than simple underlining.
- bombcar 4y ago
  The sum and the whole of the law shall be do whatever everyone else does unless you have a damn good reason, imo.
- flyingfences 4y ago
  The site also has a page on Underlining [0], in which the author explains his perspective on underlining as an unsightly relic of mechanical typewriters, which had no other ways -- italicizing, bolding, different fonts, small-caps -- of emphasizing text. His is a style guide for professional publishing, in which appearances matter. [0] https://practicaltypography.com/underlining.html https://practicaltypography.com/underlining.html
  - unmole 4y ago
    > His is a style guide for professional publishing, in which appearances matter. All the more reason not to have jarring capitalisation and weird circles.
  - kergonath 4y ago
    To me hyperlinks are about the only valid use of underline. It’s clumsy and ugly when used for emphasis or in titles, but hyperlinks cannot really be distinguished otherwise (a different colour helps as well, but you cannot guarantee that it will be rendered correctly, and it is distracting in a long text).
AlanYx 4y ago
Butterick’s advice en dashes is fairly controversial though, in that it's the opposite of the advice given in Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style and other works, with no real explanation given for Butterick's position.
- kergonath 4y ago
  I don’t have The Elements of Typographic Style at hand; how does their usage differ? Butterick mentions ranges and connexion between two words, which sounds about right.

jerry1979 4y ago

I can practically feel that cut off capital A in my arms and chest.

unmole 4y ago

But please don't do things like this: > Cross-references, denoted with small caps, are clickable. > Links to outside material are denoted with a red circle, like so. Hyperlinks are almost universally distinguished by underlining them. There is no rational reason to invent a new design language and expect people to learn it. And for what benefit? The seemingly random capitalisation of words and weird circles in the middle of the text makes it much more jarring than simple underlining.

bombcar 4y ago
The sum and the whole of the law shall be do whatever everyone else does unless you have a damn good reason, imo.
flyingfences 4y ago
The site also has a page on Underlining [0], in which the author explains his perspective on underlining as an unsightly relic of mechanical typewriters, which had no other ways -- italicizing, bolding, different fonts, small-caps -- of emphasizing text. His is a style guide for professional publishing, in which appearances matter. [0] https://practicaltypography.com/underlining.html https://practicaltypography.com/underlining.html
- unmole 4y ago
  > His is a style guide for professional publishing, in which appearances matter. All the more reason not to have jarring capitalisation and weird circles.
- kergonath 4y ago
  To me hyperlinks are about the only valid use of underline. It’s clumsy and ugly when used for emphasis or in titles, but hyperlinks cannot really be distinguished otherwise (a different colour helps as well, but you cannot guarantee that it will be rendered correctly, and it is distracting in a long text).

AlanYx 4y ago

Butterick’s advice en dashes is fairly controversial though, in that it's the opposite of the advice given in Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style and other works, with no real explanation given for Butterick's position.

kergonath 4y ago
I don’t have The Elements of Typographic Style at hand; how does their usage differ? Butterick mentions ranges and connexion between two words, which sounds about right.