A stylized character of the Latin et used to represent the word and.

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An area entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol . Letters containing closed _________ include A, B, D, O, P, Q, R, a, b, d, e, g, o, p, and q. Letters containing open _________ include c, f, h, i, s etc. The digits 0, 4, 6, 8, and 9 also possess one.

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The point at the top of a character such as the uppercase A where the left and right strokes meet is the _____. The _____ may be a sharp point, blunt, or rounded and is an identifying feature for some typefaces.

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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.  The top of the capital T and the horizontal strokes of the F and E are examples. Additionally, the diagonal upward stroke on a K is its ____

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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

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A circular form at the end of the arm in letters.  It is a combination of a dot (tail dot) or circular stroke and the curved bit (hook) at the end of some tails and the end of some arms (a, c, f).

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The (usually) horizontal stroke across the middle of letters such as uppercase A and H . The horizontal or sloping stroke enclosing the bottom of the eye of an e is also an example.

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The invisible line where all characters sit.

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A sharp spur, found particularly at the top of letters in some 20th centry Romans.

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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 curved part of the character that encloses the circular or curved parts (counter) of some letters such as d, b, o, D, and B.  The curved strokes of a C are sometimes also referred to as examples, though they aren't closed.

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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.   It specifically refers to the height of capital letters that are flat—such as H or I—as opposed to round letters such as O, or pointed letters like A, both of which may display overshoot.

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

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A horizontal stroke that intersects the stem of a lowercase t or f.  Although often used interchangeably, the ______ differs from an arm and a crossbar because it intersects/crosses over the stem

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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 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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The closed space inside 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 (thinner stress) stroke usually common to serif typefaces.  The thinnest part of a character in a font with varying stroke widths.

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

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Short, descending portion of a letter.  Differs from an arm in that strokes go downward.

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

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

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A stroke added as a stop to the beginning and end of the main strokes of a 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.  Examples:  The curved diagonal stroke on K or R. The descender on g, j, p, q, and y

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The teardropped ends of strokes in letters of some typefaces.

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The outside point at the bottom or top of a character where two strokes meet.

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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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