{"id":3921,"date":"2016-03-30T18:03:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T22:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prejeancreative.com\/pc_blog\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2016-05-24T10:31:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:31:59","slug":"prejean-creative-tells-you-why-hanging-punctuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prejeancreative.com\/pc_blog\/2016\/03\/30\/prejean-creative-tells-you-why-hanging-punctuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Prejean Creative Tells You Why &#8211; Hanging Punctuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"facebook_like_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prejeancreative.com%2Fpc_blog%2F2016%2F03%2F30%2Fprejean-creative-tells-you-why-hanging-punctuation%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;width=200\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:200px; height:20px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #d92a25;\"><b>Hanging Punctuation<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #544a41; letter-spacing: -.1en;\">No, it\u2019s not a form of corporal punishment, but any designer worth their weight in umlauts should be punished if they don\u2019t remember this basic rule of typography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #544a41; letter-spacing: -.1en;\">What does hanging punctuation accomplish? Quite simply, it creates the illusion of a uniform edge for a block of text. Hanging punctuation positions the marks outside of the margins; most notably outside the left or right alignment of the body of the text. The marks float or hang in the margin creating an optical and visually pleasing type alignment (see the example below).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prejeancreative.com\/pc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hang3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3955\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3962 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prejeancreative.com\/pc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hang3-974x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prejeancreative.com\/pc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hang3-974x1024.jpg 974w, https:\/\/www.prejeancreative.com\/pc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hang3-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.prejeancreative.com\/pc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hang3-768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.prejeancreative.com\/pc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hang3.jpg 1391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #544a41; letter-spacing: -.1en;\">The end result? A subtle, but professionally executed appearance to your type treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #544a41; letter-spacing: -.1en;\"><b>Next up on Prejean Creative Tells You Why &#8211; Degreed Designers Don\u2019t Use Defaults<b><\/b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hanging Punctuation No, it\u2019s not a form of corporal punishment, but any designer worth their weight in umlauts should be punished if they don\u2019t remember this basic rule of typography. What does hanging punctuation accomplish? 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