A point at the top of a character where two strokes meet.

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A curved stroke that is continuous with a straight stem.

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A horizontal or upward, sloping stroke that does not connect to a stroke or stem on one or both ends

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An upward vertical stroke found on the part of lowercase letters that extends above the typeface’s x-height.

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The invisible line marking the height of ascenders in a font.

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The invisible line marking the farthest distance between the baseline and the top of the glyph.

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An imaginary line drawn from top to bottom of a glyph bisecting the upper and lower strokes is the axis.

A circular form at the end of the arm in letters.

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The horizontal stroke in letters.

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The invisible line where all characters sit.

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A serif extending to both sides of a main stroke. They are reflexive.

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The complete area covered by all of the characters in a font.

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The fully closed, rounded part of a letter.

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A curved or wedge-like connection between the stem and serif of some fonts. Not all serifs are bracketed serifs.

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The height of a capital letter measured from the baseline.

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A line marking the height of uppercase letters within a font.

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The open space in a fully or partly closed area within a letter.

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A horizontal stroke that intersects the stem of a lowercase t or f.

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An acute, inside angle where two strokes meet.

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The part of the letters that extends below the baseline.

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The invisible line marking the lowest point of the descenders within a font.

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The invisible line marking the farthest distance between the baseline and the bottom of the glyph.

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A ancillary mark or sign added to a letter.

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An angled stroke.

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A small distinguishing mark, such as an diacritic on a lowercase i or j.

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A small stroke extending from the upper-right side of the bowl of lowercase g; also appears in the angled or curved lowercase r.

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Much like a counter, the eye refers specifically to the enclosed space in a lowercase ‘e’.

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A tapered or curved end.

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The horizontal stroke present on the numeral 5.

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A thin stroke usually common to serif typefaces.

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A curved, protruding stroke in a terminal. Usually found on a lowercase f

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A cursive alphabet which is matched with a roman font and used along chiefly for emphasis.

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Imaginary line running along the top of non-ascending, lowercase letters.

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Short, descending portion of a letter.

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Two or more letters are joined together to form one glyph or character.

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A stroke that connects the top and bottom bowls of lowercase double-story g’s.

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The enclosed or partially enclosed counter below the baseline of a double-story g.

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Numbers with varying heights, some aligning to the baseline and some below.

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The partially open space within a character that is open on one end.

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Ascenders extending into the space of a following character.

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The curved stroke aiming downward from a stem.

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The main curved stroke of a lowercase or capital S.

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A small projection off a main stroke

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Vertical, full-length stroke in upright characters.

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A straight or curved diagonal line.

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A flourish addition replacing a terminal or serif.

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A descending stroke, often decorative.

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The teardropped ends of strokes in letters of some typefaces.

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The end of a stroke that does not include a serif.

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The height of lowercase letters reach based on height of lowercase x; does not include ascenders or descenders.

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