However, there is one case where inter-character space reduction is reasonable and necessary: in a headline set from a font actually made for text sizes. In that case a judicious closing up of the letters improves what would otherwise be a loose and feeble effect. It is to be hoped, though, that before long electronic typesetting systems will be equipped with a complete modulation program so that all the aspects of a type- its x height and stroke weights and its internal as well as its external spaces - will be automatically adjusted according to type size, so as to maintain a proper balance of all the elements of the design.