APEX
Peak of a capital A.
ARM
Horizontal stroke that is unattached at one end.
ASCENDER
Part of the lowercase letter which rises above the height of the
lowercase x.
BAR
Horizontal crossbar connecting two sides of a letter.
BASELINE
Invisible line which the letters (excluding descenders) sit on.
BODY COPY
Text type set in paragraphs. Point sizes range from 8-12 pt.
BOWL
Curved stroke which makes an enclosed space within a letter.
BRACKETED SERIF
Serif which is connected to the main stroke by a small curved stroke.
COUNTER
Fully or partially enclosed space within a letter.
DESCENDER
Stroke of a lowercase letter which extends below the baseline.
EAR
Small stroke projecting from the top of the lowercase
g.
HAIRLINE
Thinnest stroke within a typeface with strokes
of varying weights.
LIGATURE
A special character combining two or more single
characters into one.
LINK
The stroke connecting the top and bottom
parts of a lowercase g.
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LOOP
The lower portion of a lowercase g.
LOWERCASE
Small letters of alphabet.
SERIF
Line that extends from upper and lower
end of main strokes. There are many variations: cupped, rounded,
square, unbracketed, etc.
SHOULDER
Curved stroke of h, m, n.
SPINE
Central curved stroke of S.
SPUR
Small projection off a main stroke found on many capital G's.
STEM
Main vertical or diagonal stoke of a letter.
STRESS
Direction of thickening on a curved stroke.
STROKE
Straight or curved line.
TAIL
Descender of Q or diagonal stroke at the bottom of R or j.
TERMINAL
End of a stroke not terminated with a serif, e.g. e or t.
UNBRACKETED SERIF
Flat serif without a small curved stroke.
UPPERCASE
Capital letters of alphabet.
UPPER AND LOWERCASE
Capital and small letters used together in a word.
X-HEIGHT
The height of the lower case x, measured from the baseline, which
is close to the average height of all lower case characters not
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