Anatomy of a Letter
What Letter is it?
Fine Details
100

Imaginary floor that the letters sit on

What is the Baseline

100

This letter is the only one that has a tail going both up and down

What is the letter f

100

To get a good slant, you should tilt your paper to the _____

What is Left
200

Part of a letter that rises above the midline

What is an Ascender

200

This letter looks like a mountain with two humps in cursive but only has one in print

What is the letter n

200
Before ball point pens, people used the sharpened ends of bird's feathers called ____

What is a quill

300

Part of a letter that hangs below the baseline

What is a descender

300

This letter is like a backwards capital S in cursive

What is the letter I

300

The metal tip of a fountain pen that holds the ink is called the ___

What is the nib

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