vertical metrics

Discussion List

• Vertical metrics standards

  1.8K views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by Kalapi Gajjar-Bordawekar June 26Type Design Technique & Theory
• Why ascender can't use interline gap, but diacritics can?

  892 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson October 2025Type Design Technique & Theory
• Drawing quires of a manuscript

  171 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by michele casanova September 2025Type Design Technique & Theory
• Diacritic marks crashing into descenders and baseline

  681 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Josh Nychuk April 2024Type Design Technique & Theory
• Should ascenders/descenders match the "Ascender" and "Descender" vertical metric values?

  1.9K views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by PabloImpallari April 2023Type Design Technique & Theory
• Where should diacritics lie within vertical metrics?

  521 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson February 2021Type Design Technique & Theory
• Don't font vertical metrics ever affect leading in InDesign?

  701 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson December 2019Font Technology
• Vertical Metrics or Scaling within the same UPM and Printed Appearance

  321 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Georg Seifert April 2019Type Design Technique & Theory
• Internal leading in vertical metrics. Is it necessary?

  751 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson March 2019Font Technology
• Vertical Metrics Confusion

  512 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by AbrahamLee August 2018Font Technology
• Stacked diacritical marks and line spacing.

  181 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Ray Larabie July 2017Type Design Technique & Theory
• Webfont vertical metrics strategies

  5K views 15 comments 4 points Most recent by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland January 2017Type Design Software
• Alignment Zones

  211 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney July 2016Type Design Technique & Theory
• Modify Vertical Spacing

  783 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by peggo (Pedro González) June 2016Type Design Technique & Theory