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◊(define-meta title "typewriter habits")
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◊(section-from-metas metas)
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I’ve claimed throughout this book that many bad typography habits have been left over from the typewriter era. Here, I’ve collected them in one list. (Reminder — these are things you should ◊strong{not} do.)
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◊numbered-list{
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Straight quotes rather than curly quotes (see ◊xref{straight and curly quotes}).
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Two spaces rather than ◊xref{one space between sentences}.
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Multiple hyphens instead of dashes (see ◊xref{hyphens and dashes}).
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Alphabetic approximations of ◊xref{trademark and copyright symbols}.
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◊xref{ellipses} made with three periods rather than an ellipsis character.
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Non-curly ◊xref{apostrophes}.
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Pretending that ◊xref{accented characters} don't exist.
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Using more than one ◊xref{word space} at a time.
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Using ◊xref{tabs and tab stops} instead of ◊xref{tables}.
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Using ◊xref{carriage returns} to insert vertical space.
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Using alphabetic characters as substitutes for real ◊xref{math symbols}.
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Making ◊xref{rules and borders} out of repeated alphabetic characters.
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Ignoring ◊xref{ligatures}.
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◊xref{Underlining} anything.
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Using ◊xref{monospaced fonts} rather than proportional fonts.
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Abusing ◊xref{all caps}.
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Thinking that the best ◊xref{point size} for body text is 12.
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Ignoring ◊xref{kerning}.
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Ignoring ◊xref{letterspacing}.
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Too much ◊xref{centered text}.
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Only using single or double ◊xref{line spacing}.
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Only using the ◊xref{line length} permitted by one-inch ◊xref{page margins}.
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◊btw{
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I'm far from the first person to observe that many bad typographic habits have been passed down from typewriters. A bestselling title of the early Mac era was Robin Williams's book ◊em{The Mac is Not a Typewriter}, which spawned a sequel, ◊em{The PC is Not a Typewriter}. Still true.
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