Episode 15.5: Harry Potter and the Dubious Kerning

Material Girls

English - September 27, 2016 16:50 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 458 ratings
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Pull out your rulers, witches, and start measuring your margins, because this episode we’re getting into the nitty and the gritty of book design. Hannah is joined by book designer (and brand new colleague at her brand new job!) Mauve Pagé in a discussion of three different editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. We talk about kerning! We talk about x-height! We talk about widows! And as all those exclamation marks indicate, you should be excited!

P.S. Things get visual in this one, so you might want to follow along with the gallery below.

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