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Butterick’s Practical Typography
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Butterick’s Practical Typography
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- [H1] Typography in ten minutes
- [H1] Summary of key rules
- [H1] Start
- [H1] Please pay for this book
- [H1] Why typography matters
- [H1] Type composition
- [H1] Text formatting
- [H1] Font recommendations
- [H1] Page layout
- [H1] Sample documents
- [H1] Afterword
- [H1] Appendix
- [H1] Commentary
- [H1] Also by Matthew Butterick
- [H1] MB XS mailing list
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| Summary of key rules | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Start | Internal | Passing Juice |
| how to use this book | Internal | Passing Juice |
| acknowledgments | Internal | Passing Juice |
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| Please pay for this book | Internal | Passing Juice |
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| Why typography matters | Internal | Passing Juice |
| what is typography? | Internal | Passing Juice |
| who is typography for? | Internal | Passing Juice |
| why does typography matter? | Internal | Passing Juice |
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| Afterword | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Appendix | Internal | Passing Juice |
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| how this book was made | Internal | Passing Juice |
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| Concourse Index | Internal | Passing Juice |
| contact | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Commentary | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Why there’s no e-book or PDF | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The economics of a web-based book: year one | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Why Racket? Why Lisp? | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The billionaire’s typewriter | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The infinite-pixel screen | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Effluents influence affluence | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Vote with your wallet, not your ad blocker | Internal | Passing Juice |
| To pay or not to pay | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The scorpion express: thoughts on variable fonts | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Are two spaces better than one? | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Ligatures in programming fonts: hell no | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Typography 2020: a special listicle for America | Internal | Passing Juice |
| The cowardice of Brave | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Oscars 2020: best-picture typography | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Typography 2024: for America! for America’s best | Internal | Passing Juice |
| MB lectures & articles | Internal | Passing Juice |
| MB Type (fonts used in this book) | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Pollen (software used to make this book) | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Typography-discussion forum (hosted by me, open to all) | Internal | Passing Juice |
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