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Font Related 80-93
Desktop Vocabulary Font related 80-93
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Embedded font | Fonts that are saved as part of the document itself so that a print shop can use the exact font that was intended. |
| Font attributes | Characteristics or qualities of text, ie bold, italics, superscript |
| Font family | Fonts are grouped into families and given a name such as Arial, Arial Rounded, Arial Unicode, Arial Narrow, Arial Black, etc. |
| Font | A specific typeface combined with variations such as style, size and spacing. |
| Monotype | A type of font where all characters take up the same amount of space—sometimes called fixed pitch font or monospacing. |
| Reverse type | White or light-colored text that appears against a darker background. |
| Sans Serif | A typeface that is straight-edged; e.g. Arial (sans means “without” in French) |
| Serif | A typeface with lines or curves extending from the ends of the letters. Times New Roman; e.g Times. |
| Shadowing | At an offset angle shadow is added to text or graphics. |
| Skew | An option that lets you distort objects such as text blocks, drawn or imported graphics, or groups for a special effect. |
| Stroke | Manipulating the width or color of a line around an object--usually text. |
| Typeface | A design for a set of characters, letters, numbers and punctuation marks. |
| Typography | The art of using fonts and font styles to produce professional looking publications. |
| X-height | The height of the body of all lowercase letters such as the letter x in a typeface. All the lowercase characters in a typeface are designed to be no taller than the x-height. |
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