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Gerard Unger’s ‘While you’re reading’

‘Language and typography continue to coexist as they always have: slightly nervouslessy.’

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‘Language and typography continue to coexist as they always have: slightly nervouslessy.’

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First, there’s the content. On this page, Gerard talks of the problems of managing tricky letter combinations. Different languages present their own problems, and here he highlights how Polish contains frequent ‘wy’ combinations. And the challenge of the word ‘lyxvillor’ in Swedish – three letters with dominant diagonals are immediately followed by three narrow vertical letters.

1. Gerard Unger. (2007). While you're reading. Mark Batty Publishers.

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