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Art/Design
Undergraduate 3
10/07/2008

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Term
serif
Definition
- with feet. the finishing stroke at the end of a letter Ex) Times New Roman
Term
sans-serif
Definition
type without serifs (Without feet) – example: this is Arial font
Term
leading
Definition
- distance between lines of type
Term
fraktur
Definition
- "Broken writing"
Term
Who designed Adobe Caslon in 1990?
Definition
Carol Twombly
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Who designed Adobe Jenson Italic in 1996?
Definition
Robert Slimbach
Term
Who designed Angst in 1997?
Definition
Jϋrgen Huber and Fabian Rottke
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Who designed Antique Olive Nord in te 1960s ?
Definition
Roger Excoffon
Term
Who designed Bembo in 1929 ?
Definition
Monotype Corporation
Term
Who designed Bickham Script?
Definition
Richard Lipton
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Who designed Bitmap Inspired Typeface in 1987 ?
Definition
Zuzana Licko
Term
When was Block Heavy designed?
Definition
1908
Term
Who designed Bodega Sans in 1990 ?
Definition
Greg Thompson
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Who designed Bodega Serif in 1992 ?
Definition
Greg Thompson
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Who designed Cafeteria?
Definition
Tobias Frere-Jones
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Who designed Caslon (original) in 1725 ?
Definition
William Caslon
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Who designed Coranto in 1999 ?
Definition
Gerard Unger
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Who designed Corona in the late 1930s ?
Definition
Mergenthaeler Linotype (led by Chauncey H. Griffith)
Term
Who designed Critter?
Definition
Craig Frazier
Term
What is Din-Schrift used for?
Definition
used for German road signs
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Who designed Eagle in 1989 ?
Definition
FontBureau
Term
Who designed Eagle Bold in 1933 ?
Definition
Morris Fuller Benton
Term
Who designed Ellington in 1990 ?
Definition
Michael Harvey
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Who designed Empire in 1932 ?
Definition
Morris Fuller Benton
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Who designed Excelsior in the late 1930s ?
Definition
Mergenthaeler Linotype (led by Chauncey H. Griffith)
Term
Who designed FF Pecol?
Definition
Eboys
Term
Who designed FF Profile in 1999 ?
Definition
Martin Wenzel
Term
Who designed FF Quadraat?
Definition
Fred Smeijers
Term
Who designed FF Scala Jewels in 1993 ?
Definition
Martin Majoor
Term
Who designed FF Sub Mono?
Definition
Eboys
Term
Who designed FF Typestar?
Definition
Steffen Sauerteig
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Who designed Flyer Extra Black Condensed in 1962 ?
Definition
Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum
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Who designed Fontesque in 1994 ?
Definition
Nick Shinn
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Who designed Franklin Gothic in 1904 ?
Definition
Morris Fuller Benton
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Who designed Franklinstein in 1997 ?
Definition
Jϋrgen Huber and Fabian Rottke
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Who designed Frutiger in 1976?
Definition
Adrian Frutiger
(used on Airport signs in Paris)
Term
Who designed Futura in 1927?
Definition
Paul Renner (used in German VW ads)
Term
Who designed Giddyup?
Definition
Laurie Szujewska
Term
Who designed Gill Floriate Capitals?
Definition
Eric Gill
Term
Who designed Giza in 1994 ?
Definition
David Berlow
Term
Who designed Gulliver?
Definition
Gerard Unger
Term
Who designed Hamilton in 1993 ?
Definition
Tom Rickner
Term
Who designed Harlem Slang in 1996 ?
Definition
Neville Brody
Term
Who designed Hermes in 1995 ?
Definition
Matthew Butterick
Term
Who designed the original Hermes in 1908
Definition
Schriftguss AG
Term
Who designed ITC Bodoni in the late 18th century?
Definition
Giambaltista Bodoni
Term
Who designed ITC Flora in 1980 ?
Definition
Gerard Unger
Term
Who designed Kabel in 1927 ?
Definition
Rudolf Koch
Term
Who designed Kigali Block?
Definition
Arthur Baker
Term
Who designed Letter Gothic Slang?
Definition
Susanna Dulkiny
Term
Who designed Lithus in 1989 ?
Definition
Carol Twombly
Term
Who designed Lucida in 1983 ?
Definition
Kris Holmes and Charles Bigelow
Term
Who designed Lucida Sans in 1985 ?
Definition
Kris Holmes and Charles Bigelow
Term
Who designed Matrix Script Inline in 1992 ?
Definition
Zuzana Licko
Term
Who designed Mini7
Definition
Joe Gillespie
Term
Who designed Mistral in 1955?
Definition
Roger Excoffon
Term
Who designed Mrs. Evans in 1996?
Definition
Zuzana Licko
Term
Who designed Myriad in 1991 ?
Definition
Carol Twombly and Robert Slimbach
Term
Who designed Mythos?
Definition
Min Wang and Jim Wasco
Term
Who designed News Gothic in 1908?
Definition
Morris Fuller Benton
Term
When was Officina Black designed?
Definition
1990
Term
Who designed Palatino in 1952?
Definition
Hermann Zapf
Term
Who desiged Poplar in 1990?
Definition
Adobe
Term
Who designed Poynter?
Definition
Tobias Frere-Jones
Term
Who designed Rad?
Definition
John Ritter
Term
Who designed Rhode?
Definition
David Berlow
Term
Who designed Rosewood?
Definition
Kim Buker Chansler
Term
Who designed Runic Condense in 1939?
Definition
Monotype Corporation
Term
When was Snell Roundhand originally designed?
Definition
1700s
Term
Who designed Snell Roundhand (redesign)in 1965 ?
Definition
Matthew Carter
Term
Who designed Solex in 2000?
Definition
Zuzana Licko
Term
Who designed Studz?
Definition
Michael Harvey
Term
Who designed Suburban in 1993?
Definition
Rudy VanderLans
Term
Who designed Syntax in 1968?
Definition
Hans-Eduard Meier
Term
Who designed Tagliente Initials?
Definition
Judith Sutcliffe
Term
Who designed Thesis?
Definition
Lucas de Groot
Term
When was Times New Roman designed?
Definition
1931
Term
Who designed Trajan in 1990?
Definition
Carol Twombly
Term
Who designed Univers in 1957?
Definition
Adrian Frutiger
Term
Who designed Zebrawood?
Definition
Kim Buker Chansler
Term
ways to classify type
Definition
1. serif
2. sans serif
3. script
4. display
5. symbols
6. venetian
7. garalde
8. transitional
9. didone
10. slab serif
11. glyphic
12. black letter
Term
kerning
Definition
adjust space based on character pairs
Term
tracking
Definition
adjust space evenly between characters
Term
x-height
Definition
the height of a typical lowercase letter
Term
baseline
Definition
an imaging line that type rests on
Term
ascender
Definition
the part of a letter extending above the x-height (As in b, d, f, h, k, l, t)
Term
descender
Definition
the part of a letter extending below the baseline (as in g, j, p, q, y)
Term
Who designed Verdana?
Definition
Matthew Carter
Term
who designed Tenacity Condensed?
Definition
Joe Gillespie
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