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Hanging punctuation

Also called Optical margin alignment

Pushing quotation marks, hyphens and commas slightly outside the text edge so that the margin looks straight instead of measuring straight.

Hanging punctuation: a letter in the house face with the hanging punctuation marked in vermilion.
Hanging punctuation, drawn, Drew Ink. Drawn 2026-09-09.
Hanging punctuation: a letter in Drew Slab Regular with the hanging punctuation marked in vermilion.
Hanging punctuation, drawn, in Drew Slab Regular, Drew Ink. Drawn 2026-09-10.

Near it

JustificationOptical correctionRagOptical alignment

Where it came from

Gutenberg's Bible does it. The technique is older than the argument about whether it is worth the trouble.