For a while now I've been struggling to separate tapers and fades (or tapering and fading? more on that in a bit). In an effort to achieve smooth blending, I kept creating gentle, taper-style graduation, and knowing I needed a fade to be "sharper" or "more dramatic" didn't really help...

One thing I appreciate about the UK is that it has fantastic government websites. (I assume this is largely because it isn't fifty countries in a trenchcoat. But I digress.) This makes pulling up the full text of UK health & safety regulations much easier than I would expect, so...