Spacing and Alignment
Anatomy
Type Styles & Categories
Typography Miscellaneous
Type measurements
100
To adjust the space between two letters
What is Kerning
100
The vertical stroke of a letterform.
What is a stem?
100
The finishing stroke at the end of a stem, like scene on the Right T
What is a Serif?
100
When a single word is by itself on a line of type
What is an orphan?
100
The invisible line all type sits on
What is the Baseline
200
The equal spacing of all letters on a line of type
What is tracking?
200
The horizontal or upward diagonal stroke that comes off a stem.
What is an arm?
200
A Typeface family without a Serif? As seen on the right T.
What is Sans Serif?
200
When a single line of type is continued by itself on the next page or column.
What is a widow?
200
The invisible line the top of most lowercase letters touch
What is the x-height line
300
The spacing between lines of type
What is leading
300
The point of a letterform where two strokes meet at the baseline
What is a vertex?
300
The category of a typeface family that looks hand drawn like cursive.
What is a script font?
300
Best graphic design practice, rarely uses more than this many different typefaces in the same composition.
What is 2?
300
The invisible line the top of an uppercase letter M touches
What is the Cap Height?
400
The alignment of lines of type seen here
What is Aligned Right or Right Alignment?
400
the part of a lowercase letter that extends above the x-height
What is an ascender?
400
A font style in a typeface family that is slanted to the right.
What is italics?
400
The negative space inside of a lowercase "e"
What is a counter or closed counter?
400
The unit of measure used for type
What is Point Size?
500
The type of alignment seen here
What is Justified Alignment last line Right
500
The stroke of a lower case "g" that dips below the baseline?
What is a descender?
500
The collection of fonts of different weights with similar attributes and details to their forms
What is a typeface family?
500
The art of the arrangement of text to create hierarchy, visual appeal, and readability
What is typography?
500
The two lines used to measure Point Size
What is the Descender line and Cap Height line?