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In the narrow measure of eight ems or less, as is usual in side-notes, or in text matter led down the illustrations, there must be some irregularity of spacing. It often happens that one word only can be put in a line, and that this word will not fill the measure; but no attempt should be made to close it entirely by spacing the letters of that word, for this spacing of letters alters the characer and the color of the composition, and makes a much more unpleasing blemish. The unavoidability of the short line is apparent, and no attempt need be made to remedy unavoidable fault.

Black-letter should always be thin-spaced between words, and thin-leaded, if leaded at all, but it will be more pleasing when set solid. Its letters should never be spaced, for the spirit of all black-letter forms is based upon their compression and compactness, and a widening of the set or of the space between letters destroys the true spirit of the style.

Script type should never be wide-spaced in any position. When capital letters used as abbrevia-