H James Lucas is a Manhattan-based designer working across an array of media including books, web graphics, and architecture.
⅓ is a magic number
In this technical essay on book design, I make the case that when it comes to texts requiring complex vertical spacing, a module of ⅓ the baseline-to-baseline distance has decided advantages.
Re-kerning Baskerville Original
One of the best font families of the digital era suffers from sporadic kerning issues. Fortunately, InDesign’s grep styles can plug the holes in the kerning table.