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Typography Anatomy of a font

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abygL x Ascender

Cap height Median

X-height

Leading Kerning Tracking

Descender

Leading is the space between the lines. Increase for Quote, poem, verse or legibility Kerning is the pace between a pair of letters,invrease / decrease for branding, to fit space tracking is the horizontal spacing of a whole line or range of letters. Increase/Decrease to fit space Spellceck!

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AV

Baseline

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Fonts

Change Weights & Caps

Bodini

serif

sans serif

Baskerville

Designed by John Baskerville. 1706-1775. derives from a style of handwriting

Garamond

(Adobe Garamond Pro) Cut by Claude Garamond, Paris 1535. designed in Roman and italic faces

Helvetica

Caslon

(Big Caslon) Cut by William Caslon, Oxford, 1720. based on a then 200 year old typeface

Futur

Clarendon Times

(Bodini 72) Cut by Gianbattista Bodini, Parma 1790. Thin hair lines and heavy main strokes

Franklin gothic

Avenir

(Superclarendon) Powerful punchy advertising face 1845. Strong horizontal connecting lines

M.Miedinger, Basel 1957. Based on Berthold typeface. Has Cur Ends of letters

Paul Renner, 1927.

Based on geometric shapes especially the circle

Adrian Frutiger 1987.

Note the circular dot above the i

Avant Garde

Designed for the Times newspaper, London 1923. extreamlet good legibility even on poor paper

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(Franklin Gothic URW) Morris Fuller-Benton, 1902. called grotesque as sans serifs were considered ugly!

(ITC Avant Farde Gothic Pro)Herb Lubalin, Tom Carnase, 1977.

Based on Avanr garde Magazine

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More Fonts

Activate and search for fonts: https://fonts.adobe.com/ Fonts to try: https://www.typewolf.com/adobe-fonts Auto-activate Adobe Fonts inDesign> Preferences > File Handling. auto activate fonts

Neue Haas Grotesk

Highlight text, then sample font and size using the eyedropper/pippette

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Termina Din Neue Kabel Alverata

lapture 3

Accumen Variable