Maurice Miller - Web Design Typography Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 4. a letterform.
  2. 6. The line upon which most letters "sit" and below which descenders extend
  3. 10. The smallest unit of measure. It is used for measuring font size, leading, and other items on a printed page.
  4. 12. up the largest part of the letter.
  5. 13. The quality of being clear enough to read.
  6. 16. One that does not have extending features called "tails" at the end of strokes.
  7. 17. Used to identify the way you decrease or increase the horizontal spacing between a range of letters or characters
  8. 19. 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.
  9. 20. The portion of a letter that extends below the baseline of a font.
  10. 22. A line indicating the height within the font of an uppercase letter.
  11. 25. The part of a lower-case letter that is taller than the font's x-height.
  12. 26. the space between adjacent lines of type.
Down
  1. 1. because the stroke
  2. 2. A diagonal part of the letter.
  3. 3. a set of fonts that have a common design
  4. 5. of writing the
  5. 7. The main (usually vertical)
  6. 8. Makes letters of a text thicker than the surrounding text
  7. 9. learned from the
  8. 11. of the most prevalent
  9. 14. A hieroglyphic character or symbol.
  10. 15. A cursive font based on a stylised form of calligraphy handwriting.
  11. 18. The spacing between individual letters or characters
  12. 20. A typographical symbol or ornament (such as, ¶, or ✠)
  13. 21. The art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed.
  14. 23. A single element. such as a letter, numeral, or mark of punctuation.
  15. 24. A small line or stroke regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke called “Tails” in a letter or symbol within a particular font or family of fonts.