Letterspace is an elegant solution for taking notes and keeping track of important tasks. The website did offer a few explanations of its features, but they were geared toward the mobile version of that app. It offers a link to its website, but nothing else in terms of an FAQ.
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Letterspace for Mac didn't have much in terms of a help feature. Unhelpful help: We always like to check out an app's help feature to find tips and tricks. We closed out of Letterspace without purposely saving, and our work was right where we left it when we reopened it. Clicking inside of the brackets adds an "X" to mark the task as completed.Īutomatic save: Letterspace doesn't work in the same way as, say, Microsoft Word, where you have to save or risk losing your work. Just type a dash, followed by square brackets and your text. For more information on attending one or bringing it to your company, organization, or school, go to her site, call The Type Studio at 20, or email Ilene at Sign up for her e-newsletter at You can also follow Ilene on Facebook and Twitter.Interactive to-do lists: Letterspace uses its own syntax to let you create interactive to-do lists. Love type? Want to know more? Ilene Strizver conducts her acclaimed Gourmet Typography workshops internationally. This quote, attributed to Fredrick Goudy, is set in ITC Goudy Sans Pro. But for the record, it has been said Goudy was not referring to lowercase, but to blackletter, and the verb he used was not “stealing” but a British slang term that would be in poor taste to repeat here. Ginger referenced the quote in the title of their clever typographic guidebook, Stop Stealing Sheep. “Anyone who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep.” This quote is attributed to Frederic Goudy, the well-known American type designer of the 20th century. Upper/lowercase settings with normal spacing (top example) are inherently more readable than all cap settings (lower example). We recognize words by the shapes that they make. In addition, all-cap settings have a certain geometry that’s not affected when spaced out.
They’re less affected by readability issues because they’re less readable than upper and lowercase to begin with. It’s more acceptable to letterspace all-cap settings. This example, set in Adobe Caslon Pro, also shows reduced readability after letterspacing. Talk:Design says that lowercase is a misquote, and that blackletter was the target of Goudy’s ire. Typography consultant Ilene Strizver concurs, listing the act as no. (Many type traditionalists, myself included, also think letterspacing is plain ugly, but that in itself is not enough of an explanation.) The online Urban Dictionary says, Anyone who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep. When the overall letterspacing is increased beyond normal, the eye and brain take longer to recognize the word shape, thus reducing readability.
When we read running text, we recognize a word by its shape, which to a large degree is created by the word’s ascenders and descenders. When letterspacing is applied to lowercase characters, it’s considered a poor typographic practice because it greatly reduces readability.
The upper example is much more readable than the lower one, which has been letterspaced. Most people letterspace by using the tracking feature in design software. Letterspacing is the practice of adding additional space between a range of characters to produce a very open look (as opposed to adding space to compensate for tight spacing). I occasionally letterspace type, but some people tell me it’s a type crime. If Ilene answers your question in the blog, you’ll receive one Official T-Shirt! Post your questions and comments by clicking on the Comments icon above. TypeTalk is a regular blog on typography.
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