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襯線還是無襯線？看上圖，你自己決定。
One for all What defines if one character can fit to another character? Once you made a decision, how to apply this to all the other characters in a font?
是什么決定一個字符能否匹配另一個字符？當(dāng)你確定了一種風(fēng)格，如何將之推廣應(yīng)用于字庫中的全部字符？
Starting point: 'e' (in the center of the drawing). Imagine you sketched this 'e', you like it a lot, and now you want to design more characters fitting to this 'e'. Where to start? Should it be a serif or a sans serif for example?
先從這里開始：圖中有一個“e”。想象你剛畫好這個“e”的草圖，你很喜歡它，然后你想要設(shè)計更多的其他字符來匹配這個“e”。該如何開始呢？比如說，它應(yīng)該是一個襯線字體還是一個無襯線字體呢？
First try: 'i' on the left. Sans serif. The black part is as thick as the black parts of the 'e'. Same x-height. So this should work you think.
第一個嘗試：左邊的“i”，無襯線體。它最粗的部分和“e”最粗部分的筆畫寬度相同，同樣的x-高度。它應(yīng)該能表達你的想法了。
Second try: 'i' on the right. Same thickness, the character has the same x-height, but now it has serifs.
第二個嘗試：右邊的“i”。同樣的寬度，同樣的x-高度，但這次它有了襯線。
The bowl of the 'e' is not only having a certain thickness, but the 'e' also has contrast. The 'i' on the left has no contrast at all. Therefore these two characters don't belong to each other. The 'i' on the right however has the same kind of contrast as the 'e', just because it has serifs. Just those tiny serifs make sure there are thick and thin parts, like the 'e' has. This means that the starting point, the 'e', already defined that the rest of the font cannot be a sans serif typeface.
“e”的字碗不僅僅有著一定的寬度，同時還有著粗細的對比。左邊的“i”完全沒有筆畫粗細的對比。因此這兩個字符不是完美的一對。而右邊的“i”有著和“e”同樣的粗細對比，是因為它有了襯線。這細細的襯線讓它象“e”那樣擁有了粗細的區(qū)別。這就是起點。這個“e”，已經(jīng)決定了這個字體中的其余字符不應(yīng)該是一個無襯線字體。
Of course, every so called rule is there to be broken. Mentioning this, doesn't mean you can't make a font which has an 'e' combined with an 'i' like the one on the left. Everything is possible of course. But now you realize better what you are doing, also when you don't do it. Still get it?
當(dāng)然了，每一條所謂的規(guī)則到最后都會有例外。從這個意義來說，你完全可以把中間的“e”和左邊的“i”配一對做一個字體。沒有什么是不可能的。但現(xiàn)在你已經(jīng)能夠更深刻的意識到你為什么這樣做，抑或是你為什么不那樣做。還能理解嗎？
英文原文
本文鏈接：http://www.95time.cn/design/doc/2007/5150.asp 
出處：藍色理想
責(zé)任編輯：tada
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