Erik
Spiekermann
United Designers
San Francisco, California/Berlin, Germany
www.uniteddesigners.com
Besides black marks on paper, we read spaces inside and between letters,
between lines and around margins. Easy reading in an undisturbed rhythm
means white spaces aren’t noticed.
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Taken away, reduced or
opened up drastically, we notice that it isn’t working. When
letters get separated, words aren’t words and numbers become
single unrelated digits. The “1” has its own space, i.e.
no white space on either side. The “2” then gets twice its
normal space, the “3” three times, and so on. White space
thus becomes undesirable.
(Spiekermann’s numerals also
under option+1 through option+10) |
