Baseline- The line that letters sit on.
Meanline- Another imaginary line that lies on top of lower-case letters.
X-height- The height of the lower-case letters. The distance between the baseline and meanline.
Cap height- The distance between the baseline and the top of upper-case letters.
Ascender- The part of a letter that goes over the meanline and past the x-height.
Descender- The part of a letter that goes below the baseline.
Serifs- The little “feet,” or extra stroke at the bottom of character.
Stem- The Body or main lines of a letter.
Bar- Horizontal or diagonal lines of a letter that are not the stem. They are open on one side.
Bowl- The closed circular part of a letter.
Overhang- The part of a letter that goes over the baseline because of it’s curve
Ligature- When two or more letters are combined
Finial- The tapered end of a letter.
Terminal- The end of a stroke.
Spine- The middle connecting part of an “S.”
Apex- The point or top of a letter.
Superscript- Characters that are higher than the other characters
Subscript- Characters that are lower than the other characters.
Diacritic mark- Marks that are added to letters like accents.
Counter- The space that is enclosed by a letter.
Small capital- A capital letter that is the same height and size of a lowercase letter
Proportional oldstyle numerals- Having the majority of the number on the baseline.
Uppercase- BIG LETTERS THAT ARE CAPITALIZED
lowercase- small letters that are not capitalized
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