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January 2017

Type Snob

By Design, Layout, Typography-Font

1. Choose a typeface for body text

2. Avoid more than 2 typefaces

3. Balance line space and font size

4. Line length 45-90 characters

5. Modular scale

6. Punctuation

• curly quotes: Option + [ for opening quotes
– Option + Shift + [ for closing quotes.
 
• en dash (–): Option + Hyphen
– em dash (—): Option + Shift + the Hyphen Key

credit source: thedesignteam.io | Pablo Stanley

單: single

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

單 [单] dān

adjective | adverb
: bill; list; form
: single; only; sole
: odd number

單 [单] shàn

proper noun
: (Chinese surname)

Kun Reading

単 | ひとえ hitoe

noun | no-adjective
: one layer; single; one-fold

単に | たんに tanni

adverb
: one layer; single; one-fold

単なる | たんなる tannaru

pre-noun adjectival
: mere; simple; sheer

On Reading

単 | たん tan

prefix
: single; simple
: (Noun) (Abbreviation) singles (in tennis)
: (Abbreviation) winning system (as in horse racing)

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簡: simple; letter

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

簡 [简] jiǎn


: simple; uncomplicated, terse, succinct
: letter
: to choose; to select
: bamboo strips used for writing (old)

Kun Reading
none applicable

札 | ふだ fuda

noun
: token; label; tag; sign
: ticket; card
: charm; talisman
: slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

On Reading

簡 | かん kan

noun
: brevity; simplicity

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實: real; true

By Language-Learning

 

實 [实] shí

adjective | adverb
: real; true; honest; really
: solid
: fruit; seed
: definitely

Kun Reading

実 | み mi

noun
: fruit; nut
: seed
: (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
: content; substance

実 | さね sane

noun
: (Obscure term) pit (of a fruit); stone
: core
: tongue (piece of wood used to connect two boards)
: clitoris

実 | じち jichi

noun
: truth; reality

実に | げに geni OR じつに jitsuni

adverb
: indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite

実 | まこと mikoto

noun | adverb
: truth; reality
: sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity
: (Archaism) that’s right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.)

実 | むざね muzane

noun
: (Archaism) the real person; said person
: real thing; genuine article

実り | みのり minori

noun | no-adjective
: ripening (of a crop)
: crop; harvest

実る | みのる minoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to bear fruit; to ripen

実 | み mi

noun
: fruit; nut

実 | み mi

noun
: fruit; nut

On Reading

実 | じつ jitsu

noun | no-adjective
: truth; reality
: sincerity; honesty; fidelity
: content; substance
: (good) result

シツ shitsu

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