TIL

Various things learned here and there.

English adjectives

In English, adjectives must come in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-color-origin-material-purpose noun.

Batteries

The voltage of a 12V battery must be :

• Between 12.3 V and 12.6 V at standstill ;
• Between 13.2 V and 15 V when the engine is running;
• No lower than 11.7 V - otherwise, it’s dead.

See also > https://falai.se/en/astragale/

Typography

Hyphen

• Caden dash or long dash

  • To open lines
  • For framing incisive clauses
  • Preceded and followed by a justifying space

Space (feminine)

• Unbreakable, variable width

  • Thin non-breaking space or narrow non-breaking space, fixed width

• Justifying, also variable width

Font and typeface

• Font: Arial
• Font: Arial bold 12 points

Creep: glyph width + approaches

• Fixed set
• Proportional font