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| an imaginery line upon which the base of each capital rests |
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| an imaginary line tha truns along the bottoms of the descenders |
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| an imaginary line that runs along the tops of the capital letters |
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| an imaginary line that establishes the height of the body of lowercase letters |
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| the distance from the baseline to the meanline. Typically, this is the height of lowercase letters and is most easily measured on the lowercase x |
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| the peak of the triangle of an uppercase A |
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| a projecting horizontal stroke that is unattached on one or both ends, as in the letters T and E |
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| a stroke on a lowercase letter that rises above the meanline |
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| a curved stroke enclosing the counterform of a letter. An exception is the bottom form of the lowercase roman g, which is called a loop |
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| the negative space that is fully or partially enclosed by a letterform |
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| the horizontal stroke connecting two sides of a letterform or bisecting the main stroke |
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| a stroke n a lowercase letterform that falls below the baseline |
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| a small stroke that projects from the upper right side of the bowl of the lowercase roman g |
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| the enclosed part of the lowercase e |
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| the contoured edge that connects the serif and stem in bracketed serifs |
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| the thinnest stroke within a typeface that has strokes of varying weights |
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| the lower diagonal stroke on the letter k |
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| the stroke that connects the bowl and the loop of a lowercase roman g |
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| the bottom form of the lowercase roman g |
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| short strokes that extend from and at an angle to the upper and lower ends of the major strokes of a letterform |
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| a curved stroke projecting from a stem |
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| the central curved stroke of the letter S |
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| a projection -- smaller than a serif -- that reinforces the point at the end of a curved stroke, as in the letter G |
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| a major vertical or diagonal stroke in the letterform |
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| any of the linear elements within a letterform; originally, any mark or dash made by the movement of a pen or brush in writing |
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| a diagonal stroke or loop at the end of a letter |
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| the end of any stroke that does not terminate with a serif |
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| the set of large letters that is used in the initial position |
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| the smaller set of letters, so named because in metal typesetting there were stored in the lower part of a type case |
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| a complete set of capital letters that are the same height as the x-height of the lowercase letters. these are often used from abbreviations, cross references, and emphasis |
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| numbers that are the same height as the capital letters and sit on the baseline |
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| a set of numbers that are compatible with lowercase letters; 1, 2, and O align with the x-height; 6 and 8 have ascenders; and 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 have descenders |
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| superior and inferior figures |
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| small numbers, usually slightly smaller than the x-height, used for footnotes and fractions |
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| common mathematical expressions made up of a superior figure, an inferior figure, and a slash mark. these are set as a single type character |
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| two or more characters linked together as one unit, such as ff. the ampersand is a ligature originating as a letter combination for the French word et ("and") in medieval manuscripts |
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| two or more characters linked together as one unit, such as ff. the ampersand is a ligature originating as a letter combination for the French word et ("and") in medieval manuscripts |
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| a ligature composed of two vowels which are sued to represent a dipthong |
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| characters used to notate basic mathematical processes |
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| a system of standard signs used in written and printed matter to structure and separate units and to clarify meaning |
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| characters with accents for foreign language typesetting or for indicating pronunciation |
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| assorted signs, symbols, reference marks, and ornaments designed for use with a type font |
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| logograms used to signify monetary systems |
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| old style, italic, transitional, modern, egyptian, sans serif |
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| what are the 6 types of classifications for typefaces? |
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| How many picas is 1 inch? |
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| How many points is 1 pica? |
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| How many points is 1 inch? |
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