Typography :P
Across
- 3. The height of a typeface measured from the bottom of its descenders to the top of its ascenders
- 6. Distracting pattern of white space running vertically down through body copy
- 7. Unit of measurement equaling approximately 1/72 of an inch or 1/12 of a pica; used to express type size
- 8. Opening at the end of an open counter
- 11. the distance between the baseline and mean line of type; the height of a lowercase letter excluding the ascenders or descenders
- 12. Capital letters that are the same size as the x-height of the typeface
- 15. The lower portion of the lowercase g
- 17. The part of a character (g, j, p, q, y, and sometimes J) that descends below the baseline
- 20. The space between lines of type
- 22. The curved stroke of the h, m, n
- 27. Adjusting the letter spacing between certain letters to make them appear better fitted together
- 28. The invisible line where a letter sits
- 30. Amount of space between letters
- 33. Type 12 points and smaller
- 34. The art and science of working with type
- 36. All the characters of a particular typeface
- 37. The small stroke that projects from the top of the lowercase g
- 38. All the type styles of a particular typeface
- 40. Unit of measurement equaling approximately 1/6 of an inch or 12 points
- 41. Printer’s ruler that is calibrated in picas, points, and inches
Down
- 1. The projections extending off the main strokes of the characters of serif typefaces
- 2. The end of a stroke not terminated with a serif
- 4. The width of a line of type
- 5. The partially or fully enclosed space within a character
- 9. Capital letters of the alphabet
- 10. A straight vertical stroke (or the main straight diagonal stroke in a letter which has no verticals)
- 12. The main curved stroke of the S
- 13. Small letters of the alphabet
- 14. A particular style or design of type
- 16. A tapered or curved end
- 18. Individual letters, numerals, punctuation marks or other symbols
- 19. End of a paragraph or column that is undesirably short
- 21. Amount of space between words
- 23. A typographic decorative such as a bullet or star
- 24. A curved stroke which creates an enclosed space within a character (the space is then called a counter)
- 25. The stroke that connects the top and bottom part (bowl and loop) of a two–story lowercase g
- 26. The part of a lowercase character (b, d, f, h, k, l, t) that extends above the x-height
- 29. Type 14 points or larger
- 31. The horizontal stroke in characters such as A, H, R, e, and f
- 32. Characters used singly or collectively to create words, sentences, paragraphs, blocks of copy, etc.
- 35. The thin stroke of a serif typeface
- 39. A descending stroke of a Q or short diagonal stroke of an R,often decorative