Editing Leading (section)

== Bastard fonts ==
[[File:Metal types called bastard types.svg|thumbnail|Normal fonts (1, 2) and bastard fonts (3, 4)]]
In metal typesetting some fonts have default increased or decreased leading. To achieve this, a smaller font face is cast on the body of a larger font or vice versa. Such fonts are usually called "bastard" fonts or types.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Campbel|first1=Alastair|title=The Digital Designer's Jargon Buster|date=2004|page=29|isbn=9781904705352|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=URyQM0btTbIC&pg=PT32}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Wijnekus|first1=F. J. M.|last2=Wijnekus|first2=E. F. P. H.|title=Dictionary of the Printing and Allied Industries|date=1983|page=57|publisher=Elsevier |isbn=9781483289847|edition=2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQghBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57}}</ref> The usual way of indicating such a font is to write the face size first, then a slash and the body size: 10/12 means a 10-point face on a 12-point body, and 12/10 means a 12-point face on a 10-point body.