Typographic Anatomy

Serif and sans serif are the two most common typeface classifications. A typeface comprises a family of fonts such as garamond regular garamond italic garamond bold etc.

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Bowl a curved stroke that encloses a letters counter.

Typographic anatomy. Anatomy of a letterform. Digital download free search. Baseline the invisible line where letters sit.

The more we communicate the closer we become. Type size units and measuring instruments. As designers and artists we can carry that fascination into our work by studying the makeup of letters.

Legibility and orthography for editors. Spatial relations in words lines and paragraphs. The horizontal stroke that does not connect on ove or both ends to a stem or upright stroke on the letter such as in e or t.

Join our mailing list. The anatomy of a letter. A font is a specific weight or style within a typeface family such as garamond italic.

Read more about typography in her latest literary effort type rules. Basic concepts for text setting. Descender happens to be the bottom part of the lowercase letter like g j p q y etc that usually goes below the baseline of a typeface.

Some other features that particularly extend below this baseline comprise of the old style numerals typefaces. Start with the basics with this quick video below. Ascender an upward vertical stroke found on lowercase letters that extends above the typefaces x height.

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Arm a horizontal stroke not connected on one or both ends. The paragraph as the fundamental unit in a piece of work. She conducts gourmet typography workshops internationally.

Typography inspires us by reminding the world of a simpler time without connection. Ilene strizver founder of the type studio is a typographic consultant designer and writer specializing in all aspects of typographic communication. Search log in cart.

Aperture opening at the end of an open counter. Learn the anatomy of a letter. Anatomy of a character.

Type Anatomy And Terminology