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This document summarizes key terms used in typography and letter anatomy: The baseline is the invisible line letters rest on, the x-height is the height of lowercase x, ascenders rise above the x-height like in "d", and descenders drop below the baseline like in "g". Other terms include bowls, counters, serifs, stems, shoulders, cap-heights, terminals, letterspacing, ligatures, and cases for uppercase letters. The document concludes that as the foot has 26 bones, the alphabet has many parts and terms, and learning is never-ending.
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1.letterAnatomy
- 3. the baseline is the invisible line on which the base of each letter rests
- 4. the x-height is the height of the lower case x in a particular font. It is measured from the baseline x
- 5. the ascender rises, or ascends, above the x-height d
- 6. the descender reaches below the baseline g
- 7. the bowl is the closed rounded form on some lower-case letters b
- 8. the counter is the interior space within a closed letter
- 9. the serif is the finish of a stroke on a serif typeface. The serif may well be the end of the brushstroke used to paint ancient roman lettering which was then inciseddn
- 10. the stem is the main vertical stroke of the letter l
- 11. the shoulder is at the parting of the lobe from the stem of the letter h
- 12. Id cap-height is the height of the capital, or upper-case letter in a font. Typically the cap-height is not as tall as the ascender.
- 13. the terminal is the finishing stroke on certain letters fa
- 14. PX upper case or capital letters. When type was individual pieces of metal, all of the letters of a font and a size were kept in drawers, called cases. The capital letters were kept in the case above the lower case type, hence their name.
- 15. dn letterspacing: the space between and within pairs of letters should be visually equal. It is not a measurable amount of space, it is visual volume.
- 16. fi ligatures are individual characters constructed from two or three characters that do not work well together otherwise. The most common are: fi, fl, ffi, ff, ffl.
- 17. The human foot has 26 bones, and the roman alphabet has many parts and terms. the end is just the beginning