Typographic Terms
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| Area where two angled strokes come together at the top of a letter is called a(n) | Apex
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| A projecting horizontal stroke that is unattached on of or both ends, as in the letters T, K, and E | Arm
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| A stroke on a lowercase letter that rises above the meanline | Ascender
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| An imaginary line upon which the base of each capital letter rests | Baseline
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| A curved stroke enclosing the counter form of a letter (positive space.) An exception is the bottom form of the lowercase roman g, which is called the loop. | Bowl, open or closed
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| An imaginary line that runs along the tops of the capital letters | capline
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| the negative space that is fully or partially enclosed by a letterform | counter
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| the horizontal stroke connecting two sides of the letterform (as in e, A, and H) or bisecting the main stroke (as in f ant t) | Crossbar
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| a stroke on a lowercase letterform that falls below the baseline | descender
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| a small stroke that projects from the upper right side of the bowl of the lowercase roman g or r | ear
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| the (negative) enclosed part of the lowercase e | eye
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| the contoured edge that connects the serif and stem in the bracketed serifs | fillet/bracket
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| the thinnest stroke within a typeface that has strokes of varying weights | hairline
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| the lower diagonal stroke on the letter k | leg
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| a typographic character produced by conbining two or more letters | ligature
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| the stroke that connects the bowl and the loop of a lowercase roman g | link
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| bottom form of the lowercase letter g | loop, open or closed
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| an imaginary line that establishes the eight of the body of lowercase letters | meanline
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| "feet" of a letter | serifs
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| a curved stroke projecting from a stem as in the letter R | shoulder
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| the central curved stroke of the letter s | spine
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| a projection - smaller than a serif - that reinforces the point at the end of a curved stroke, as in the capitol letter G | spur
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| a major vertical or diagonal stroke in the letter form | stem
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| any of the linear elements within a letterform; originally, any mark or dash made by the movement of a pen or brush in writing | stroke
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| a diagonal stroke on the upper case Q | tail
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| the end of anystroke that does not terminate with a serif | terminal
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| the distance from the baseline to the mealine. typically, this is the height of lowercase letters and most easily measured on the lowercase x | x-height
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| thinner stroke in a letter | hairline stroke
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| thicker stroke on a letter | stem stroke
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| without feet | sans serif
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| the end terminals on the right side of an uppercase F | vertical terminal
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| the bottom of the main stroke of an upper case F | horizontal stroke
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| the extended top of a lower case 'a' that is squared | squared terminal
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| the extended top of a lower case 'a' that is rounded | rounded terminal
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| the extended top of a lower case 'a' that is slight angled right to left | sheared terminal
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| the extended top of a lower case 'a' that is rounded with the negative space being pushed in more than a ball | ball terminal
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| the extended top of a lower case 'a' that is in the shape of a fat teardrop | teardrop terminal
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| transitional area found where the stroke gently curves into the serif | bracket
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| slightly bowed arch on a serif | cupped arch
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| a flat serif | flat bottom edge
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| thin serif no bracket | didot
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| equal weight stroke and seri | lubalin
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| a horizontal stroke intersecting the main stroke is called a | cross stroke
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| a letter 'o' that is slightly askew, diaganol | acute stress
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| an 'o' that has a center line at a 45 degree angle | no stress
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| the contained space, the negative space, of a letter | counter
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| the nearly contained space, the negative space, of a letter | open counter
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| the negative space of a letter form where to letters meet, such as in a W | crotch
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| the negative space of a letter form where to letters meet, with greater than a 90 degree angle | obtuse crotch
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| the negative space of a letter form where to letters meet, smaller than a 90 degree angle | acute crotch
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| Area where two angled strokes come together at the bottom of a letter is called a(n) | vertex
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| half serif found at the terminal of a straight horizontal stroke is called a(n) | beak
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| the serif on a curved terminal is called a(n) | barb
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