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Counter The counter is the area of space that is found within a letter, most prominently on ‘o’s. This is also referred to as an aperture.
Terminal
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A terminal is the round ball that is found in serif typefaces, usually on ‘g’s and ‘f ’s.
k
Ascender
R
C N
Crossbar The crossbar is the horizontal line that intersects an ascender (on a ‘t’) or connects the two ascenders (H).
Stem A stem is a vertial line that isn’t an ascender or descender.
An ascender rises above the x-height of the letter.
Sans Serif Script Roman Blackletter
Open Counter Open counter is a counter with a break in it such as ‘c’, ‘h’ and ‘s’.
Cap height the cap height is the height of a letterform above the baseline.
Woodcut
Grunge
Associated with Modernist design Clean and simple letterforms Examples: Helvetica, Century Gothic, Bebas
Small feet on the end of ascenders and descenders Examples: Baskerville, Times, Garamond, Georgia
Typeface that is most similar to handwriting. Used primarily for Wedding invitations
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that
S
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Examples: Zapfino, Edwardian, Wisdom.
Modelled from European scribal manuscript Examples: Bembo, Times, Caslon Bodoni, Garamond
Early typeface used in Gutenbergs Bible Examples: Lucida, Fraktur, Kingthings
Typeface carved out of wood and printed using ink Examples: Circus,
Often made by hand. E.g. Sex Pistols artwork Heavily used in Post Modern design by designers such as David Carson Examples: Boycott, Trashed
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