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Unit 3
Typography
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Computer Networking
10th Grade
05/09/2011

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Term
3-D
Definition
An effect that fives the illusion of depth
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Ascender
Definition
the part of a lowercase character
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Baseline
Definition
imaginary horizontal line along which the base of letter sets
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Bold
Definition
font style that makes characters appear darker then the surrounding text
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Cap height
Definition
the height of capital letters from the baseline to the top of caps
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Character
Definition
any written or printed letter, number, or symbol.
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Character width
Definition
horixontal distance of a character
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contoured text
Definition
text that follows an outline in some type of curved pattern
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Decorative font
Definition
type faces designed to attract attention
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descender
Definition
the part of a character that descends below the baseline
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descender
Definition
the part of a character that descends below the baseline
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dingbat
Definition
decorative element avaiable in font format
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display font
Definition
see decorative font
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Drop cap
Definition
the 1st letter in a story that is enlarged and lowered so the top of the letter is even with the 1st line
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em dash
Definition
line the width of a capital M in whichever font is being used
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em space
Definition
space that is the width of a capital M
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En dash
Definition
line the width of a capital N
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En space
Definition
space that is the width of a capital N
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Font
Definition
family of alphabetic characters, numbers and punctuations marks
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Font style
Definition
appearance of type
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Greeking
Definition
nonsense text used as a placeholder for actual text
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Hanging indent
Definition
1st line of a paragraph is flush left but all remaining lines are indented
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Hanging indent
Definition
1st line of a paragraph is flush left but all remaining lines are indented
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Hanging indent
Definition
t line of a paragraph is flush left but all remaining lines are indented
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Indent
Definition
feature that sets a temporary left right or left and right margin for paragraph text
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Initial cap
Definition
enlarged letter that is used as the 1st character of a paragraph
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Italics
Definition
printed in or using characters that slope to the right
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Kerning
Definition
adjustment of space between pairs of letters to improving its appearance
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Leading
Definition
space between lines of text
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Lower case
Definition
non-capital letters in a typeface
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Orphan
Definition
very short line of text that appear at the top of a column or page
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Point
Definition
unit of measurement used to describe the size of text
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Reverse type
Definition
special formatting style that uses light color text on a dark background
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Sans serif
Definition
typeface without serifs
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script
Definition
formal or informal typefaces designed to imitate handwriting
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Seerif
Definition
typeface with projections extending off the main stokes of a character
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Shadow
Definition
formatting style that adds depth to text
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Small cap
Definition
formatting style that displays uppercase letters in a smaller size
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Text wrap
Definition
technique that allows text to flow around a imaage
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Texture
Definition
special formatting style creates the illusion of actual textures
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tracking
Definition
adjusting the space between works phrases and estended blocks of text
Term
typeface
Definition
see font
Term
Typography
Definition
the study of all elements of type as a means of visual communication
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upper case
Definition
capital letters in a typeface
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widow
Definition
very short line of text
Term
X-Height
Definition
height of lowercase letters
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