Anatomy Of Typeface

The anatomy of type explores one hundred traditional and modern typefaces in loving detail with a full spread devoted to each entry. Aperture opening at the end of an open counter.

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A typeface comprises a family of fonts such as garamond regular garamond italic garamond bold etc.

Anatomy of typeface. Typeface anatomy describes the graphic elements that make up font in a typeface. Contrast in stroke weight is usually at a minimum and the axis of curved strokes tends to be vertical. A font is a specific weight or style within a typeface family such as garamond italic.

Typefaces in this category tend to emulate lapidary inscriptions rather than pen drawn text. Baseline the invisible line where letters sit. That discussion tends to be spotty though and the successful reader already knows a few different ways for serifs to differ from each other for line weight to vary and lots more.

One of those books is the anatomy of type by stephen coles. The full character set from each typeface is shown and the best letters for identification are enlarged and annotated revealing key features anatomical details and the finer often overlooked elements of type design. Join our mailing list.

Search log in cart. The distinguishing feature of these typefaces is the triangular shaped serif design or a flaring of the character strokes where they terminate. A few years after design school this book was a refresher that reveals details about 100 well established typefaces.

Home shop type glossary home. Digital download free search. Arm a horizontal stroke not connected on one or both ends.

Anatomy of a character. Anatomy of a typeface. Join our mailing list.

Bowl a curved stroke that encloses a letters counter. Ascender an upward vertical stroke found on lowercase letters that extends above the typefaces x height. One important step in training your eye to notice the details that set one design apart from another is to examine the anatomy of the characters that make up our alphabet.

In other cases however especially between text designs having similar characteristics the differences can be subtle and difficult for the lessexperienced eye to see. A typefaces chapter analyzes the structural features of the sorts glyphs noting how the typeface fits into the usual bins labelled black letter or modern etc. A visual treat for anyone who loves fonts and typographic design.

Anatomy Of A Typeface