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FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts. CopyPasteCharacter.com. Type Finnish characters - online keyboard. Wordmark.it. Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen. Awesome Fontstacks. WhatTheFont! Typograph – Scale & Rhythm. This page falls somewhere between a tool and an essay. It sets out to explore how the intertwined typographic concepts of scale and rhythm can be encouraged to shake a leg on web pages. Drag the colored boxes along the scale to throw these words anew. For the most part, this text is just a libretto for the performance you can play upon it. Choosing sizes Don’t compose without a scale. Out of context, most would probably assume this quote recommends a rather straightforward approach to choosing a sequence of musical notes.

Of course, good typesetting requires something more than selecting a series of font sizes, just as music consists of something more than choosing notes. Vertical Tempo Most pages of continuous prose pulse with a particular vertical rhythm, established by the lines of its main words, sentences, and paragraphs. For this, Bringhurst suggests another rule of thumb: Add and delete vertical space in measured intervals. Size and rhythm make each other interesting. Beyond <body>