this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2024
56 points (98.3% liked)

Today I learned

7797 readers
1 users here now

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
sonder@lemmy.ml
56
Today I Learned that letters with round tops (Q, O, S, etc.) are drawn a smidgeon higher than letters with flat tops (E,T,F, etc.). This 'overshoot' makes them appear equal to our perception (frerejones.com)
submitted 1 month ago by frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml
7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

This is known as optical alignment. It’s very common in font design.