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Typography
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Art/Design
11th Grade
01/24/2013

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Term
Typography
Definition
design of characters and ways they are presented on a page
Term
Typeface
Definition
basic design of a character
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Serif
Definition
characters have attributes on the tips
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Sansserif
Definition
characters do not have attributes
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Ornamental
Definition
designed to catch the eye and used on flyers and ads
Term
Script
Definition
characters appear to have been written by hand and used on invitations
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Font
Definition
specific size, weight style applied to a character
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Fontstyle
Definition
slant and weight of a character like bold or italics
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Monospaced
Definition
all characters receive an equal amount of space regardless of the size of the character
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Proportional
Definition
all charecters receive a different amount of horizontal space based on the size of the character
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Leading
Definition
vertical spacing between of lines of text
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Kerning
Definition
horizontal spacing between pairs of letters
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Tracking
Definition
horizontal spacing between all the characters in a large block of text
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