You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page, where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The text describes an elegant page layout where text flows freely within margins.
- In plain terms
- The text looks like a stream flowing through a field of margins.
- What can you take from it?
- Good typography creates natural flow.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does layout affect reading?
- Is beauty important in text?
Another view
It focuses on form over content.
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