typefaces / fonts ztypefaces are the visual symbols seen as printed images on a substrate (printing...
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Typefaces / Fonts
Typefaces are the visual symbols seen as printed images on a substrate (printing surface). Characters is another term used to identify all of the visual symbols used to compose a printed page.
Typeface
Type Terms
Ascender Line
Descender Line
Ascender
Descenders
Typeface
Type Terms
Upper Case Character
Lower Case Character
Typeface
Type Terms
“x” or body height of typeWaist Line
Baseline
Type Terms
TSet-Width
Top Serif
Stem
Bottom Serif
Type Terms
T TSerif Font Sans Serif Font
Type Terms
T EScript Font Square Serif Font
Type Terms
T EDecorative Font Old English
Type Terms
Families - consists of the variations of one style of type.
TimesTimes New Roman Bold
Type Terms
Font consists of the letters (caps and lower case), figures, and punctuation marks that are of one size and style of type.
Font series is a full range of sizes of one font
Type Terms - Type Sizes
32 point Arial
36 point Arial
40 point Arial
48 point Arial
54 point Arial
Type Terms
Kerning - the space between characters (letter spacing)
Tight Kerning
L o o s e K e r n i n g
Type Terms
Leading - Line spacing - determines the distance separating each line of copy.
Leading - Line spacing - determines the
distance separating each line of copy
Vocabulary
TypefaceTypographerAscenderDescenderBase LineWaist LinePoint
Vocabulary
StrokeSerifSans SerifFamilyFontKerningLeading