The typographic scale
The typographic scale has been used for centuries to choose harmonious font sizes. It has been likened to a harmonious musical scale. But there are *flaws* in those historical values.
The typographic scale is the bedrock of modern typography, used for centuries to choose harmonious font sizes. But there are flaws in those historical values. This is the classic typographic scale, as recorded by Mr. Bringhurst in The Elements of Typographic Style: 6a7a8a9a10a11a12a14a16a18a21a24a30a36a48a60a72a The classic typographic scale is a collection of font sizes that are in visual harmony. A typographer chooses sizes from a typographic scale in the same way that a musician chooses notes from a musical scale. Like a musical scale, a typographic scale is a scale, so it must obey…
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