Margin (typography)
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In typography, a margin is the white space that surrounds the content of a page. The margin helps to define where a line of text begins and ends. When a page is justified the text is spread out to be flush with the left and right margins. The standard margin in most word processing programs is 1 inch.
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Typography terminology | ||
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| Page | Pagination · Recto and verso · Margin · Column · Canons of page construction · Pull quote | Image:Adobe Caslon a.svg |
| Paragraph | Widows and orphans · Leading · River · Baseline · Median · Alignment · Justification | |
| Character | Ligature · Letter-spacing · Kerning · Majuscule · Minuscule · Initial · x-height · Ascender · Descender · Diacritics · Counter · Subscript and superscript | |
| Style | Serif · Italic · Slab serif · Sans-serif · Blackletter · Script · Dingbat | |
| Punctuation | Hanging punctuation · Hyphenation · Curly quotes · En dash · Em dash | |
| Typesetting | Type design · Type foundry · Movable type · Calligraphy · Phototypesetting · Letterpress · Typeface · Font · Computer font · Point · Pica · Cicero · Agate · Em · En · Lorem ipsum · Hamburgefonts · Punchcutting · Pangram | |
| Digital typography | Font formats · Typesetting software · Character encoding · Rasterization · Hinting | |
