Typography Vocabulary

2. The uppermost connecting point of a letterform where two strokes meet; may be rounded, sharp/pointed, flat/blunt, etc.
4. The horizontal spacing between two consecutive characters; adjusting the kerning creates the appearance of uniformity and reduces gaps of white space between certain letter combinations.
11. An individual symbol of the full character set that makes up a typeface; may take the form of a letter, number, punctuation mark, etc.
12. A slanted version of a typeface (slants from left to right)
14. The imaginary line that marks the upper boundary of capital letters and some lowercase letters’ ascenders.
15. / Line Spacing The vertical spacing between lines of text (from baseline to baseline).
16. A piece of a letter that extends below the baseline.

1. The imaginary line on which most letters and other characters sit.
3. The point where a stroke connects to a stem.
5. A non-standard (sometimes decorative) variation of a character that comes as an extra option with a font file.
6. The part of the stem that rests on the baseline.
7. A short line or stroke attached to or extending from the open ends of a letterform; also refers to the general category of typefaces that have been designed with this feature.
8. The height of a typeface’s lowercase letters
9. Literally “without line”; the general category of typefaces (or an individual typeface) designed without serifs.
10. The uniform amount of spacing between characters in a complete section of text.
13. A part of a lowercase letter that rises above the main body of the letter.