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 Uneven spacing in the same line is without excuse. When three-to-em spaces do not fill the measure they must be supplanted with en quadrats or two five -to -em spaces. When three-to-em spaces are too much they should be changed for four- to -em or five-to-em spaces. In composition by hand this change of spaces should be evenly done between all words as far as the irregular forms of meetingletters will allow.

It is always desirable to have a little blank at the end of a paragraph to show more plainly the ending of the last line of that paragraph, but this last line should not be spaced closer or wider than the preceding line.

A fat letter of fifteen or more ems to the alphabet will bear much wider spacing than a thin letter of twelve ems or less. Condensed letter, on the contrary,



should be thin-spaced invariably. The proper space between words in any type is fairly indicated by the blanks between the stems of the letters m and n of that type, which will be wide in fat and narrow in lean type, and should be a safe guide for the determination of correct spacing.