Optical margin alignment
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optical-margin-alignment-244-12615775
title:
Optical margin alignment
text:
Optical margin alignment outdents letters like A, V, W, Y, and punctuation into the margins to align the text border optically. Some users remark that it makes the text margin look crooked, but this is because text frames or margin guides are visible. If text frames are not visible, e.g. in print preview, or when printed, the edge of a block of text looks more even if optical margin alignment is enabled. From the earliest days of machine printing, punctuation and drop capitals were indented slig
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encyclopedia
description:
Typographical setting
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_margin_alignment
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date modified:
2023-09-12T13:20:08Z
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