Today’s Archive Dive is from when we discussed the finer points of the ubiquitous Ames Lettering Guide.

The Ames Lettering Guide is a little daunting when you begin to use it. For general use, I’m going to suggest ignoring the holes on the left-hand side of the tool as well as the metric measurements.

Typography terms

Before we get started, let’s cover some typography terms.

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