What are small capitals? How are they different than something set in ALL CAPS? Does your font have small caps? If not name a font that does.
Small Capitals are a smaller version of capital letters; not reduced capitals, but especially designed small capitals. They are different than something set in all caps because they are generally wider than capitals and are used in texts that include many abbreviations or successive capitals. My font, Adobe Caslon Pro, has small caps.
What are ligatures? why are they used? when are they not used? what are common ligatures? Does your font have ligatures? If not name a font that does.
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Ligatures are combinations of characters that were designed because, in metal typesetting, the overhanging ascender of the letter 'f' would crash into an ascender or the dot of an 'i' if it came after the 'f'. Ligatures are used in photographic or digital setting and are not often used when there is extra letter space. Common ligatures include fi, fl, ffi, ffl, and ff. Also, ligatures are not often a part of san-serif typefaces. My font, Adobe Caslon Pro, does have ligatures.
What is the difference between a foot mark and an apostrophe?
An apostrophe looks like a 'nine' and is found in a word like 'doesn't' or 'cat's'. A foot mark looks like a 'prime' and is used as a symbol for measurement in feet. Both look different; the apostrophe often looks like a 'nine'.
What is the difference between an inch mark and a quote mark (smart quote)?
The quotation marks have balled or curved ends while inch marks do not. Inch marks are two foot marks used together to symbolize a measurement in inches.
What is a hyphen, en dash and em dashes, what are the differences and when are they used.
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A hypen is used as a symbol to break words; it is often used to divide words into its components and to hyphenate prefixes and suffixes like pre-school, for dates, as a trait d'union or when two consonants or vowels are pronounced separately rather than as a diphthong. An en dash is longer than a hyphen and is used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a sudden change of direction or idea when in a sentence, as a minus sign, or as a bullet sign. It is also used to indicate a range of values, such as those between dates, times and numbers, as a replacement of the word 'to'. An em dash is used to demarcate parenthetical thought in English texts, but the dashes are unspaced.
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