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Optical margin alignment

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…

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Optical margin alignment

Nodes16
Edges15
Triples20
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.125
Components1

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Optical margin alignment

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related to External links · 10
Optical margin alignment → Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Hàn Thé Thành, InDesign Archived, Micro-typographic Extensions, Practice, RussellViers, University, VietnamOptical Margin Alignment, Wayback Machine
related to Use · 4
Optical margin alignment → If, In, It, Optical

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margin text optical alignment punctuation letters like values outdents used frames visible indesign align edge block machine drop type indent

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
an image near to the edge of the textinstance ofor any straight edge0.80text
optical margin alignment should not be used because the proximity of the straight line will break the optical illusion.This technique is related toinstance ofor any straight edge0.80text
sometimes equated with hanging punctuationinstance ofor any straight edge0.80text
though optical margin alignment is not limited to adjusting only punctuation.Suggested valuesThese values may be suitable for common seriffed fonts like Times New Romaninstance ofor any straight edge0.80text
Palatinoinstance ofor any straight edge0.80text
or Garamondinstance ofor any straight edge0.80text
Optical margin alignmentrelated to External linksMicro-typographic Extensions0.60section
Optical margin alignmentrelated to External linksPractice0.60section
Optical margin alignmentrelated to External linksHàn Thé Thành0.60section
Optical margin alignmentrelated to External linksUniversity0.60section
Optical margin alignmentrelated to External linksEducation0.60section
Optical margin alignmentrelated to External linksHo Chi Minh City0.60section

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