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Type Anatomy Typography • GD141 • 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 SG B QRTail: a finishing stroke at or below the baseline Serif Apex Arms Diagonals E HICrossbar Stem AVYVertex Typography • GD141 • 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 gaeLoop qb n ij Hook Terminal Sheared Terminal Diagonals Leg Tail Tail Terminal Ligatures: two or more letters joined together Swash: A swash is a ft ky fifor practical or aesthetic reasons. flflourish that replaces a a terminal or serif. Typography • GD141 • Gregory V. Eckler Type Classification Fractur Sabon Baskerville Bodoni Pre-Venetian or Ancient Humanist or Venetian Transitional Didone or Modern EeIncludes typefaces of Incised, Antique EeThe roman typefaces of the 15th and EeThese typefaces have sharper serifs EeThese 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 EeNumerous bold and decorative EeA sans serif typeface where variations A uniform, upright character makes it EeSans 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. Eefonts 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 • GD141 • Gregory V. Eckler Serif Classification Adobe Garamond Adobe Jenson Didot Times New Roman IMatrix Archer Clarendon Mesquite Cupped Serif Rounded Serif Hairline Serif Bracketed Serif Wedge Serif Slab Serif IBracketed Tuscan I I I I I Slab Serif I.
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