Measurement's
Types of type
Parts of type
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The measurement of one point of text.
What is 1/72 of an inch
100
Most books are written in this style of type.
What is Roman
100
The part of a lowercase letter that rises above the x-height.
What is Ascender
100
The length of the most common indentation.
What is 1 em
100
Capital letters in the alphabet
What is Uppercase
200
Measurement from the bottom of the descender to the top of an ascender.
What is Type Size
200
Type that does not contain serif's is called what?
What is San-Seraph
200
A lowercase letter that goes below the x-height
What is descender
200
What are the dimensions of a 10-point em.
What is 10 points wide, 10 points high
200
Art and science of working with type
What is Typography
300
This is the amount of space between words.
What is Word spacing
300
All typestyles of a particular typeface are called this.
What is Family
300
Short cross stroke that project at the end of a main letter in some typefaces
What is Serif
300
Name one of the 3 most important parts of type.
What is ascender, descender, or serif
300
Body type set in normal, paragraph form
What is Straight matter
400
The length of 1 of this measurement is approximately 1/6th of an inch.
What is pica
400
A specific style or design of type is this.
What is Typeface
400
Type that is 12 points and smaller
What is Body Type
400
Variations of this form of type include old style, modern, and transitional.
What is Roman
400
Distracting pattern of white space that runs vertically
What is River
500
This is the space between lines of type
What is Leading
500
This is any individual letter, numeral, mark or other symbol
What is Character
500
Distance from the baseline to the mean line of type.
What is X-Height
500
This is when the first line is set flush left and the following lines are indented.
What is Hanging Indentation
500
Charts, tables, formulas, or other elements that make typesetting time consuming
What is tabular matter
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