The open space in an enclosed area within a letter.
What is a counter.
100
One of the earliest forms of visual expressions of language.
What is hieroglyphics (ideographs or pictographs)?
100
Created the first transitional typeface.
Who is John Baskerville.
100
Where the terms upper case and lower case came from.
What is moveable type cases.
200
Type classification characterized by extreme vertical stress, high contrast in stroke and hairline serifs.
What is Modern.
200
The curved part of the character that encloses the counter.
What is a bowl.
200
German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who invented the first printing press.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
200
Worlds first type "designer" in 1920.
Who is Frederic Goudy.
200
First book printed on the Gutenberg printing press.
What is the Gutenberg Bible.
300
Creator of the first Humanist typeface.
Who is Nicolas Jenson.
300
Finishes at the end of letters that originated from the inscriptions on the base of the Roman Trajan column in 144AD.
What is serif
300
Style of design that influenced the typeface Helvetica.
What is the Swiss Style.
300
Created the first typeface designed on geometric principles.
Who is Claude Garamond?
300
2 characters formed by a single glyph
What is a ligature.
400
Four type classifications for serif typefaces.
What is old style, transitional, modern and Slab Serif.
400
The portion of some lowercase letters that extends or descends below the baseline.
What is a descender.
400
Invented the first cursive typeface to simulate handwriting.
Who is Robert Granjon.
400
Invented the first cursive typeface, which was built to simulate handwriting.
Who is Robert Granjon?
400
Geometric san serif typeface.
What is Futura?
500
The name of a humanist san serif typeface.
What is Gill Sans.
500
The main, usually vertical stroke of a letterform.
What is a stem?
500
Emperor that ordained caroline minuscule in 732 for more legibility as he realized the importance of and increase literacy also marking a transition from informal inscriptions.
What is Emperor Charlamane.
500
Created Old Style typeface with straighter serifs and greater contrasts between major and minor strokes than humanist typeface.
Who is William Caslon?
500
Book by Jan Tschichold in 1928 which was a manifesto of modern design.