東京大学総合博物館
Typography and History of Printing

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Leaders:
Strings of a character, usually periods or dashes, to lead the eye across the space between items in adjacent columns. Usually found in tables, such as tables of contents.
Leading:
(Pronounced "ledding") The amount of vertical space between lines of type.
Letterspacing:
Extra space inserted between letters in a word.
Ligature:
A special double character in a font representing two letters as one. In modern typography, the most common ligatures are: fi, fl, ffi, ffl, and sometimes ff. Others include the vowel pairs ae and oe, and more rarely, ct, st, and sp.

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Last updated 20 November 1995