History
Anatomy
Spacing & Attributes
Modern Typography
100
It was invented in the fifteen century
What was the printing press?
100
The distance from the baseline to the top of the capital letter.
What is cap-height?
100
The horizontal dimension of a letter.
What is set width?
100
Archaic term for lowercase still used today.
What is miniscule?
200
He combined gothic calligraphic with humanist handwriting
Who was Nicolas Jenson?
200
Where all the letters sit.
What is the baseline?
200
The distance from the baseline of one line of type to another line of type.
What is leading?
200
Big bold faces were designed by distorting the anatomical elements of classical letters to satisfy a cultural explosion.
What is advertising?
300
Geofroy Tory's well-shaped letters came from his concept
What was the ideal human form?
300
The height of the main body of the lowercase letter.
What is the x-height?
300
A method to emphasize by weighing and blackening the text.
What is bolding?
300
A type form that transformed the serif from a refined detail to a load-bearing slab.
What is Egyptian?
400
He took cues from "blackletter"
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
400
Used to measure the height of a letter as well as the space between the lines.
What is point system?
400
Emphasis can be added by slanting the text.
What is italics?
400
Contemporary variations by French designer Philippe Apeloig.
What is geometric?
500
Two-color woodcuts published in 1457
What is Mainz Psalter?
500
The element to which the point is most equivalent.
What is a pixel?
500
He was accused of "blinding all the Readers of the Nation" because of his thin, narrow letter strokes.
Who is John Baskerville?
500
The design named after John Baskerville's mistress.
What is Mrs. Eaves?
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