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A diagram annotating how the three office addresses are typeset, with callout rules and leader lines pointing into a three-column Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton address block.
Summary
An annotated diagram of how to typeset the firm's office addresses: numbered rules on the outside connect by leader lines into a faint three-column Vancouver, Victoria and Edmonton address block in the centre.
Visual description
Warm cream page, thin left rail with "2.6.8 Typesetting our addresses", a one-line intro on consistency, the half-circle glyph and the contents list with "Type" highlighted. The white panel centres a pale three-column address block, each office listing street, city, phone, email and a land acknowledgement naming the territories and First Nations in their own languages. Numbered callouts ring the block and connect with thin leader lines to the relevant lines: city titles in bold, numbers set to caps-lock stylistic alternatives, em-dash usage, paragraph spacing, special First Nation characters needing Arial, abbreviation rules per Canada Post, balanced column spacing and tidied punctuation. A small inset shows a glyph "xwməθkwəy̓əm" broken down by font per character. Standard footer along the bottom.
Key takeaway
Treating something as mundane as an address block as a designed system, with leader-line callouts teaching each micro-rule in place. The careful, respectful typesetting of Indigenous-language land acknowledgements, including font fallbacks for special characters, is a values-driven detail worth emulating.
Reuse notes
A reference for multi-office brands that need consistent contact blocks, and a thoughtful model for typesetting Indigenous or non-Latin characters correctly. The leader-line annotation style suits any "anatomy of a layout" teaching page. Specific abbreviation and dash rules are local; adapt to your own postal conventions.
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