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yond t h e usual font family that contains just roman and italic, normal and bold. Because of the richness and variety of its different styles, Lucida allows new forms of typography for electronic communication, printing and publishing. Between all the different Lucida styles, the capital heights, x-heights (height of a lower-case x), and main stem weights are coordinated. Lucida makes it easy for users to achieve variety and harmony by mixing and matching different fonts in the same text and page. The designed coordination of so many different styles means that when different Lucida fonts are used together, the effect is lively and interesting but without the confusion of randomly mingled and uncoordinated fonts. Lucida: An Original Super Family
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its inner forms are based on writing styles of the Italian Renaissance,
and
fine
of serifs and joins, and tight letter fitting. Lucida Bright Regular has a formal, authoritative, and elegant appearance, to which Lucida Bright Italic
and its sophisticated detailing is reminiscent of printing types of the French Enlightenment. It can be classified as a “Transitional” or “Reale” style of typeface, like the 18th century designs of Baskerville or Fournier.
Professional tips. Like many
typefaces, Lucida Bright can be “fine-tuned” for small sizes by adding a few units of letterspacing. At all text sizes, words or lines in all capitals can be given a more rhythmic pattern by careful amounts of additional letterspacing,
though
many
graphic designers prefer to
space more at
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larger sizes.
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follow easily. Lucida Bright is a modern design of the computer age, but
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a look
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manuals, magazines, and newspapers. For wider text columns, as in books,
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where legibility and economy are important, as in the text columns of newsletters,
adds dynamic action for a distinctive, lively pattern. Lucida Bright Demibold and Demibold Italic are strong enough for emphasis and headings, but light enough for full paragraphs of text. The crisply defined forms of all the Lucida Bright faces are effective at larger sizes in titles, headlines and display. Lucida Bright’s large x-height helps text look big at small point sizes, and its tight fitting and slightly narrow letterforms help fit more words on a line. The Lucida Bright family of typefaces is especially effective Lucida: An Original Super Family
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a tighter look. When using all caps, you can use small amounts of additional letter spacing. At larger sizes, space capitals more tightly. Complementary fonts include Lucida Bright, Lucida Arrows, and Lucida Stars. Lucida Fax at smaller sizes and lower resolutions. The ampersands, interrobangs, and circled Lucida Sans Regular numerals in Lucida Icons combine well. Lucida Sans
Fax
font has the same large x height, clear and
open
counters of the Lucida Bright font, but is more rugged, with
width, and an italic that is subtle & chic.
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serifed
shapes
sizes (14 points or more), subtracting a few units of letter spacing gives
with a comfortable letter
slab-
letter
titles, posters, and displays. Guidelines for Lucida Sans Regular: At larger
comes with true variants: a bold
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of uses including directories, tables, forms, memos, faxes, manuals, heads,
heavier hairlines, and thicker slab shaped serifs and greater space between letters. As the sans serif complement to the Lucida design, the Lucida Sans font and brings a human look to the sans serif style. The large x-height, clear forms and open spacing of the Lucida Sans font family create a rhythmic, readable text at all sizes throughout a wide range of office and professional documents.Characteristics of Lucida™ Sans Regular: Lucida: An Original Super Family
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serif companion to Lucida Bright, because both families are based on the same basic inner forms, thus
harmony
on the page. For ornament and decoration,
the
Wingdings
font
has alternate ampersands, delicate rosettes, graceful leaf and vine ornaments that all harmonize with Lucida Bright. To spice up
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Italic, Lucida
can
be
substituted for a more
lively
effect. For an even more
striking
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elegant companion to
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the perfect sans-
playful,
Lucida Roman, use Lucida
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and
descenders
of
Lucida Calligraphy do not collide. For
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a sophisticated look when setting text
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in all capitals in either Lucida Bright Italic or Lucida Calligraphy, use the Lucida Calligraphy swash capitals at the beginnings and ends of words, and Lucida Bright Italic plain capitals
in
between.
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