Re: Font Metrics concerns

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 05:39:00 +0000 Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com> wrote:

>
> As I recall the discussion that led to this section, it was thought that
> consistent drop cap sizing across paragraphs was more important than
> getting the cap height alignment to match. So the height of the drop cap
> does only depend on line-height and actual font metrics.

Right - this is because drop cap size can be used to indicate hierarchy in a publication, and so you need the base sizes (i.e. *not* including diacriticals, superscripts, quote marks or other fleas) to match properly.

Liam


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Received on Wednesday, 18 February 2015 06:14:12 UTC