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Sometimes they appear with great regularity, such as in recipes and cookbooks, manuals, and other documentation; sometimes they appear sporadically, as in the occasional dimension, measurement and quantity.

But in either case, good typography calls for professional-looking fractions, which in most cases are diagonal fractions.

Unfortunately, OpenType fonts vary greatly, not only foundry to foundry but font to font within a foundry, in their fractions-making capability.

Basic fractions are, and, and are standard in many fonts in all formats.

Extended fractions are found in many, but not all, OpenType fonts, and usually include 18, 38, 58, 78, and sometimes 13 and 23.

Arbitrary fractions include anything and everything else, such as 18256.

If there are none there, be sure to check Entire Font, as some fonts only list them there.

Note that if Fractions is bracketed, this feature is not supported in this font.

Just remember to use the fraction bar, not the forward slash.

Read more about typography in her latest literary effort, Type Rules The designers guide to professional typography, 4th edition, published by Wiley Sons, Inc.

This article was commissioned and approved by Monotype Imaging Inc.

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