Typography Vocab. Jacob Rasinar
Across
- 3. One that does not have extending features called "tails" at the end of strokes.
- 8. a set of fonts that have a common design
- 10. A line indicating the height within the font of an uppercase letter.
- 11. A single element. such as a letter, numeral, or mark of punctuation.
- 13. A typographical symbol or ornament
- 16. The imaginary line that rests on top of the body of the lowercase letters
- 20. the space between adjacent lines of type.
- 22. The art and technique of arranging type to make written language.
- 23. A small line or stroke regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke called “Tails” in a letter
- 24. a particular size, weight, and style of a typeface
- 25. A diagonal part of the letter.
Down
- 1. The line upon which most letters "sit" and below which descenders extend
- 2. The portion of a letter that extends below the baseline of a font.
- 4. The main (usually vertical) stroke of a letterform.
- 5. The design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on.
- 6. A cursive font based on a stylized form of calligraphy handwriting.
- 7. A hieroglyphic character or symbol.
- 9. The part of a lower-case letter that is taller than the font's x-height.
- 12. The spacing between individual letters or characters
- 14. Makes letters of a text thicker than the surrounding text
- 15. Used to identify the way you decrease or increase the horizontal spacing
- 17. The quality of being clear enough to read.
- 18. The smallest unit of measure.
- 19. the relative thickness of a font's stroke
- 21. The distance between the baseline and the mean line of lower-case letters in a typeface