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The above rules may be applied to the half text, only attention muſt be paid to the diſtance between words, which ſhould be greater than betwixt letters.
N.B It is common in marking down figures, to make them ſtand a little more upright than the writing with which they are connected, and double the ſize of the letters.
The irregular diſtances between different letters are of ſeven kinds.
1ſt. Between the downward ſtrokes of r and i are one and a half breadth.
2d. Between i and m or n after it, one and a half breadth.
3d. Between the downward ſtrokes of c and i, one and a half breadth.
4th. Between the two vowels in good, &c. two thirds of a breadth.
5th Between i and z, one and a half breadth.
6th Between the downward ſtrokes of v and w, two breadths.
7th. Between the downward ſrokes of w and x, two breadths.
