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Flashcards by Jessica Lilanio, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jessica Lilanio
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Typefaces | Distinct designs of visual symbols used to compose a printed page. (FONT FAMILY) |
| Characters | Printed visual symbols |
| Typography | the art of arranging type to make written language readable. |
| Typographer | person who creates things using text |
| Type Metal | metal used to create metal letter stamps |
| Foundry Type | pieces of metal used to create spaces between words or sentences. |
| Manuscript | style of letters written by hand |
| Old English | fancy type used on diplomas, certificates, and religious materials. |
| Subiaco Face | early version of Roman type used for books. |
| Italic Type | slanted type based off of handwriting |
| Heavy Elements | darker strokes of a type character that give it identity |
| Light Elements | less dark strokes tied together by darker strokes of a type character. |
| Serif | thickened tips or short finishing-off strokes at the top and bottom of a Roman type. |
| Ascender | part of a letter that rises above the body height. |
| Descender | part of a letter that goes below the body |
| Roman Type | type style based on capital letters cut into stone by the ancient Romans |
| Old Style Type | group of type that have little contrast between heavy and light elements. |
| Transitional Roman Type | type that is a new version of Old Style Roman Type. |
| Modern Roman Type | Type that have increased contrast between very thin, light elements and heavy elements. |
| Sans Serif | type without stoke endings |
| Black Letter | type consisting of faces that resemble the hand-drawn lettering of German Monks |
| Calligraphy | the art of hand-drawing letters |
| Script Type | a type designed to simulate handwriting in which letters ARE joined |
| Cursive | a type designed to simulate handwriting in which letters are NOT joined |
| Novelty Type | type designed primarily to command special attention |
| Oblique | term used to describe a simulated italic character produced by slanting an upright Roman type |
| Reverse Type | white characters on a solid black or color background |
| Type Family | a grouping consisting of all the generations of one type style |
| Condensed Type | those intended to get more words in a less space by narrowing the width of the characters |
| Expanded Faces | those intended to fill more space going to a larger point size |
| Weight | the degree of boldness of the printing surface of a letter |
| Type Series | the range of sizes of each type in a family |
| Font | consists of all characters that make up a specific type. |
| Ligatures | joined letter combinations such as FI, FF, FL, FFI or FFL,found in some type |
| Small Caps | capital letters smaller than the normal caps of font |
| Pi Character | symbols such as stars, asterisks, arrows, percent signs, or check mark |
| Line Length | the distances from the left to right sides of a line or body of copy, usually measured in picas. |
| Composition Depth | the space measuring from the beginning of a composition until the end of the compositions |
| Point Size | a vertical measurement used to identify of specify the size of type |
| X-Height | the height of the lowercase "X" |
| Text | words, sentences, paragraph |
| Body Type | type sizes that range from 4- point through 12-point that are used for setting straight matter |
| Display Type | type above 12-point, used to emphasize the importance of a message and capture the reader's attention |
| Em Quad | in foundry type, a nonprinting type block that is a square of the type size, typically used to indent the beginning of the paragraph |
| En Quad | a spacing element half an EM QUAD in width, typically used to separate words |
| Set Size | the width of a typeset character |
| Letterspacing | changing the spacing between typeset letters |
| Wordspacing | changing the spacing between typeset words. |
| Loose set | term describing wider than normal letter spacing |
| Tight Set | term describing narrower than normal letter spacing |
| Character compensation | am method of tight-setting copy by electronically reducing the width of each character and space very slightly |
| Tracking | a feutre of computer type setting programs that allows control of letter and word spacing together |
| Justify | to adjust letter-spacing and word- spacing so lines of type in a block are all equal in length |
| Widow | a very short word, or part of a word, forming the final line of a paragraph |
| Kerning | a typesetting technique in which space between certain pairs characters is tightened to improve appearance and readability |
| Legibility | measure of how difficult or easy it is to read |
| Visibility | contrast of a dark type against the light reflected by the paper. |
| Brightness | aka: lightness luminosity |
| Smoothness | freedom from surface irregularities |
| Opacity | the quality of a paper that does not allow print from the opposite side to show through. |
| Ink Darkness | a factor that effects the contrast of printed materials |
| Definition | the sharpness or distinction of the printed image |
| Eye Span | the width of body type a person can see with one sweep of the eye |
| Negative leading | the practice of reducing spacing below |
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