THE PARAGRAPH64 Tightly stacked lines
DECREASING LEADING and purposefully allowing ascenders and descenders to touch or even overlap should never be done with extended passages of text, but this can be used as a design device in limited quantities. Tightly stacked lines of capitals may be used to create a typographic mass without the worry of tangled extenders, but again, this is best when used only for a small quantity of text. Tightly stacking lines works against legibility, so care must be taken to employ this technique with restraint. When estimating just how much legibility may be affected, it is best to err on the side of minimally decreased leading.
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Creative Director, DesignerMaxine Davidowitz
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