Alignment Zones

Michael Jarboe Posts: 265

June 2016 in Type Design Technique & Theory

Is there any reason for or against designating vertical alignment zones with oldstyle figures or small caps that exceed x-height?

Tagged:

• oldstyle
• Small Caps
• vertical metrics
• alignment zones

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  Georg Seifert Posts: 686

  July 2016

  I don't see a reason to not do it. To only problem is that you run out of zones rather quickly as the zone count is limited. 

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  Thomas Phinney Posts: 3,116

  July 2016

  In most typeface, small caps are a tad larger than x-height. So that’s a reason to be able to have a distinct alignment zone for them.

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