Steve Izma <si...@golden.net> wrote: > > As a simple curiosity, to help me improve my typographic eye, could > > you please explain me in which situation you need a higher resolution? > > For almost everything I typeset, especially books and > newsletter-type publications, I always at least a few places > where I need to use track kerning on a paragraph in order to get > good word spacing and to shorten or lengthen paragraphs in order > to avoid widows (the last line of a paragraph starting a column > of text). When I adjust the kerning (or mortising, if necessary) > in values of one-hundredth or one-thousandth of a point, it can > make a difference in whether a word fits on a line or is broken > or pushed to the next line, thereby making the paragraph too > long. I avoid trying to adjust only part of a paragraph because > that can drastically affect the "colour" (i.e., density) of the > text. >
Allright, I understand now. Thank you ! Pierre-Jean.
