Typography Anatomy & Classification • Gregory V. Eckler Type Anatomy

Beak: a single-sided upper serif Counter: a partially or fully enclosed space in a letter

Upper lobe } Cap Height Spine Waist Baseline Throat } Lower lobe Spur

Bowl: a curved stroke that creates an enclosed space Leg

Tail: a finishing stroke at or below the baseline

Serif Apex

Arms Diagonals

Crossbar Stem Vertex Typography Anatomy & Classification • Gregory V. Eckler Type Anatomy

Terminal: finishing element to a stroke Point Size Cap Height Dot or Tittle

Ascender Ear Shoulder Eye Spur } Shoulder

X-Height Serif Link Finial

Bowl Spur Descender Baseline Tail Loop {

Hook Terminal

Sheared Terminal Diagonals

Leg

Tail Tail Terminal Ligatures: two or more letters joined together Swash: A swash is a for practical or aesthetic reasons. flourish that replaces a terminal or serif. Typography Anatomy & Classification • Gregory V. Eckler Type Classification

Fractur Sabon Baskerville Bodoni

Pre-Venetian or Ancient Humanist or Venetian Transitional Didone or Modern Includes typefaces of Incised, Antique The roman typefaces of the 15th and These typefaces have sharper serifs These typefaces have thin, and Blackletter styles. 16th centuries emulated classical and a more vertical axis than Humanist staight serifs; vertical axis; and caligraphy letters. a sharp contrast in the strokes.

Futura Helvetica Clarendon Gill Sans

Egyptian or Slab Serif Humanist Sans Serif Transitional Sans Serif Geometeric Sans Serif Numerous bold and decorative A sans serif typeface where variations A uniform, upright character makes it Sans serif types built around typefaces introduced in the 19th century in line weight and terminal endings are similar to transitional serif letters. These geometeric forms. for use in advertising. indicative of calligraphic stylings. fonts are also referred to as “anonymous sans serif.” Display Because of the onset of digital technologies there are many contemporary typefaces that cannot be classified into these catagories or may be a mixture of more than one. Most of these post modernistic results of typeface designed are referred to as Display types, they can include: Glyphic (also called Wedge Serif), Scripts, Typewriter/ Monospaced, Decorative and Contemporary types. Typography Anatomy & Classification • Gregory V. Eckler Serif Classification

Adobe Garamond Adobe Jenson Didot Times New Roman Matrix Archer Clarendon Mesquite

Cupped Serif Rounded Serif Hairline Serif Bracketed Serif Wedge Serif Slab Serif Bracketed Tuscan Slab Serif