Smaller versions of capital letters that are specially designed are called small capitals. They have identical weight and hit slightly above the x-height of lowercase letters. Small capitals are used as a balance between the boldness of full caps and minimize visual overcrowding. Memphis has no small capitals
Ligatures are specially designed combinations of characters that traditionally have the problem of crashing into each other. For example, fi and fl because the ascender of the letter "f" would crash into the ascender or the dot of an "i" if it indirectly follows the "f". Extra space is added for increased legibility, and it must be set separately. There are no ligatures in Memphis.
The foot mark is used to show the measurement of feet and is represented as an angled line. Sometimes mistaken as an apostrophe, the foot mark lacks the rounded ball and general nine-like shape of an apostrophe. Smart quotes allow for correcting the mistake of using a foot mark instead of an apostrophe.
Hyphens are used as a symbol to break up words. En dashes, on the other hand, are longer than hyphens and indicate a sudden change of thought, working much like a comma and also to show a range in value (i.e. years).
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