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Typesetting - Coggle Diagram
Typesetting
Foundational steps
🏆 Hierarchy
Organizes information by importance
🔠 Fonts
Serif for body text, Sans Serif for titles
📏 Spacing
Avoids bad gaps called "rivers of white space"
↔️ Tracking
Horizontal space between letters
🧱 Padding
Space between text block and page margins
History
🧱 1040 AD
Ceramic movable type in China
🖨️ 1440
Gutenberg invents the printing press in Europe
💻 Today
Digital vector software
Definition
✍️ Arranging text using type, symbols, and letters
👻 Goal: Invisible typography (smooth reading experience)