Prepress Preparation, ContinuedType style -weight(Continued)CONDENSED: Letters that appear vertically squeezed or pinched arecondensed. Condensed letters can give the appearance of being heavier thanthey really are. Use condensed letters when the length of text exceeds theline space allotted.EXPANDED: Horizontally stretched or flattened letters are called expanded.They appear lighter in weight than they really are. Used creatively,expanded letters can lengthen a short headline to fill a predetermined space.GEOMETRICALLY SYMMETRIC: Geometrically symmetric letters havegeometrically or mathematically correct dimensions and proportions. Todetermine if a letter is geometrically proportioned, look at the letter "O" andevaluate any distortions.ITALICIZED: Italicized letters slant to the left or right of center. Beforenegatively affecting legibility, a letter can lean a maximum of 68 degreesfrom center. Italicized letters add emphasis.Figure 1-15 shows the letter "O" in various typefaces.Figure 1-15.—Using theletter "O" to demonstrategeometric proportions ofvarious typefaces.Continued on next page1-20
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