Type Faces
This font is known for the "feet" and "flags" that extend off the letter.
What is Serif?
These two common color modes are used for high-quality printing.
What are CMYK and RGB?
This font is used commonly in academic papers, a popular serif font.
Times New Roman
Measured in points, this is the height of the lower-case letter x (used to center letters)
What is X-height?
This unit of measurement in the design world can be used to describe how big your text is. 12 of them make up a pica.
What is a point?
This font is characterized by a lack of finishing strokes off the edges of the letter. Latin for "without."
What is Sans Serif?
This color combination is more often used for digital viewing and involves 3 colors (RGB)
What is "RED GREEN BLUE?"
This sans serif font is essentially a copy of the Helvetica font, just with edges that are a bit more round. Don't get confused with the Disney Princess!
What is Arial?
These ligatures that extend above the x-height. Think h, d, b, t, etc.
What are ascenders?
6 of these make up an inch.
What is a pica?
This font is a trendier version of the popular serif font. It includes large, block-like feet and flags positioned at the end of each straight line.
What is Slab Serif? (or Square Serif)
This commonly used printing technique involves the inked image being transferred from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface.
What is offset lithography?
This font, while popular with children and 3rd-grade teachers, is despised amongst the graphic design community
What is Comic Sans?
These are ligatures that extend below the baseline. Think j, y, g, p, etc.
What are Descenders?
This is the space between two individual letters.
What is kerning?
These decorative typefaces do not fit into any other category. They are generally only used for very specific themes or topics.
What are novelty fonts?
This color combination is more often used for high-quality printing with these four colors. (CMYK)
What is "CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK?"
This slab serif font has been around since 1965 and has been included in the core package of fonts on Microsoft operating systems.
What is Impact?
This is the space between lines of type; for academic papers, it is typically 2.0
What is leading?
This combination of typefaces is common in the design world.
What is sans serif and script?
This font is a bold script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 until the 17th century. It can typically be found in the masthead of newspapers.
What is blackletter?
The offset lithography process by etching the desired image on to this, leaving an impression when the mixture of ink and water is rolled over it.
What is a press plate?
Originally developed by Microsoft in 1990, this typeface doesn't include letters at all, but rather symbols used to create glyphs.
What is Wingdings?
This is the overall spacing between all letters and words within a body of text.
This font is the central point of the Tampa Prep brand and can be seen on the new logos, merchandise, and marketing materials.