Re: [Fontforge-users] spaces and dashes

[Jason P. <zi...@gm...>]

Most beginners make their space glyph too wide. That is, in fact, a
leading indicator of an amateur font design, and one I've been guilty
of in the past.

What I've found works is to use the width of the lowercase "i" as a
starting point for the space, and even then I often have to narrow it
down for it to look right.

As for dashes, again, just my personal guidelines and not a rule: the
hyphen should be somewhat narrower than the average lowercase letter
plus regular sidebearings at a height not more than 3/4 x-height, the
em-dash should be about the average width of an uppercase letter with
no sidebearing, and the en-dash is something in-between.

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Jason Pagura
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On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Larson, Timothy E. <TEL...@we...> wrote:
> A general design question here...  Do you base the widths of your dashes and
> spaces on the em square, or on the character widths?  Does it matter?  Is
> there a best practice?  Is it up to the designer?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
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