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i'm of the stylistic critiques that (1) one should resort to using one set of alternates (a letter or word) per page at most, if the conditions are appropriate
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i'm of the stylistic critiques that (1) one should resort to using one set of alternates (a letter or word) per page at most, if the conditions are appropriate for using them at all, and (2) opt out of the typographic convention of side/margin notes in favor of the traditional[1]: footnotes, captions under figures, navigation, if necessary, at the top of the main body, etc - hyperlink references exist for some of these reasons. but otherwise, i recently came across a neat eb garamond alternative: tribute by frank heine[2]
1. my non-designer peculiarity: by using side/margin notes, by factor of them being in the peripheral of the main text and therefore it's imposed cognitive addition to the reader, one is already, implicitly, making the claim that the side/margin note is a must-read, which, in that case, one might as well incorporate it in the main text
2. https://www.emigre.com/Fonts/Tribute https://www.emigre.com/Fonts/Tribute