Small CapsSmall-caps are a font style that is a scaled down version of regular caps, with the actual capitals of the words being a little taller than the "lowercase" capitals. Beware false small caps! Small caps can not be derived from a function on Word like italicize is commonly used; small caps can only exist if they're created for a type face's family. Fake small caps are the wrong height, with vertical strokes that are too light. Real small caps are painstakingly created by their typographer to blend with the normal version of their typeface. And all caps is JUST FOR SCREAMING AT A UNIFIED X HEIGHT.
Bauer Bodoni has small caps! As a bonus Jonas, the small caps family also contains the unlined figures of Bauer Bodoni.
Ligatures occur as single glyphs composed of two letters. Common ligatures are fi and ffi due to their kerning. A secret ligature, the ampersand (&)! The ampersand is a ligature of E and T (from the latin word "et" which means "and"). They arose from kerning issues with printing presses and remain as stylistic choices in modern typography.
Bauer Bodoni does not have ligatures, but Mrs. Eaves has some pretty nifty ones.
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The foot mark is this ', the apostrophe is ’. The little curly tail makes all the difference.
The inch mark is this ", the quotes are like this “ ”. Smart quotes flip at the beginning and end of a quote and also have the cute little curly tail.
The hyphen, en dash, and em dash are listed here from shortest to longest. The hyphen (-) connects words, such as an independent married woman's last name (Townsend-Gosling) or in a hyphenated paragraph. The en dash (–) is typically used to signify a range (1900–1956). Em dashes (—) are utilized for breaks in a sentence—like right here.
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