Typography And Font Deconstruction

Want to know the secret of font deconstruction?

First of all, typography and font deconstruction is associated with great design for web and print. However, it was not so long ago that typesetting for printing presses was the norm. During this era of typesetting, many technical terms evolved for the construction and makeup of fonts and layout. It was like a secret code for typesetters, where few outside of the industry had any knowledge of the terms being used. The Logo Company has put together this clever graphic called Typography and Font Deconstruction that decodes these technical terms associated with type and typography and font deconstruction and explains the meaning of each term in simple, plain English, that anyone can understand. Read more Typography can make or break your logo

 

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Listed here are the technical terms used in the typography and font decontruction and their associated meanings.

Aperture – Typography and Font Deconstruction

An area entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol.

Aperture is actually the area enclosed by a letter or a symbol

Arm

The arm of a letter is the horizontal stroke on some characters that does not connect to a stroke or stem at one or both ends.

Arm - typography where the arm of a letter is the horizontal stroke on some characters that does not connect to a stroke or stem at one or both ends.

Ascender

An upward vertical stroke found on the part of lowercase letters that extend upward.

Ascender - An upwards vertical stroke found on the part of lowercase letters that extends upwards.

Ball Terminal

A type of curve at the end of any stroke that does not include a serif.

Ball Terminal - os the font deconstruction of a type of curve at the end of any stroke that doesn't include a serif

Bowl – in typography and font deconstruction

The curved part of the character that encloses the circular or curved parts of a letter.

Bowl - The curved part of the character that encloses the circular or curved parts of a letter

Counter

The open space in a fully or partly closed area within a letter.

Counter - The open space in a fully or partly closed area within a letter in typography rules.

Crossbar – Type and font deconstruction

The horizontal stroke across the middle of uppercase A and H.

Crossbar is the font deconstruction where the horizontal stroke across the middle of uppercase 'A' and 'H'

Descender

The part of a letter that extends below the baseline.

Descender in font deconstruction is the part of a letter that extends below the baseline

Ear – in typography and font deconstruction

A small stroke extending from the upper-right side of the bowl of a lowercase g.

Ear - A small stroke extending from the upper-right side of the bowl of a lower-case "g"

Eye

The eye refers specifically to the enclosed space in a lowercase e.

Eye - The eyes refers specifically to the enclosed space in a lowercase "e"

Kerning

The process of adjusting spacing between characters in a word.

Kerning is the typography and font deconstruction concerning the spacing between the characters in a word.

Leading – in typography and font deconstruction

The amount of space between lines of words.

Leading - The amount of space between lines of words.

Leg

A stroke that extends downward at less than 90 degrees is a leg, as seen on the letters k, K and R.

Leg - K A stroke that extends downwards at less than 90 degrees is a leg, as seen on the letters k, K, R all part of typography

Loop

The lower portion of the lowercase g.

Loop - a lower portion of the lowercase "g"

Ligature in font deconstruction 

A combo of two or more characters that are joined into one form which are not commonly combined.

Ligature in typography and font deconstruction is a combo of two or more characters that are joined into one form which are not commonly combined.

Serif And Sans Serif

Serif is the small, finishing strokes on the arms, stems, and tails of characters. When a character does not have the finishing strokes, it is called sans-serif.

Font deconstruction for Serif & Sand-Serif. Sans means with out in French and it refers to when a character does not have the finishing strokes.

Shoulder – font deconstruction

The curved stroke aiming downward from a stem.

R - Shoulder - The curved stroke aiming downwards from a stem

Spur – typography

A small projection off a main stem.

Spur. a. A small projection of a main stem

Stem

The stem is the main , usually vertical stroke of a letter.

Typography and font deconstruction of Stem. f. The stem is the main usually vertical stroke of a letter

Tail – typography and font deconstruction

A characters downward projection such as on the letter Q.

Tail Q A character's downward projection such as on the letter Q All part of typography and font deconstruction

Terminal – typography

The end of a stroke not terminated with a serif.

Font deconstruction for t - terminal. The end of a stroke not terminated with a Serif

Tittle – font deconstruction 

A small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic on a lowercase i or j.

Tittle - a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic on a lowercase "i" or "j" Font deconstruction and typography

X-Height – font deconstruction

The height that lowercase letters reach based on a height of lowercase x. Does not include ascenders and descenders.

X-Height X The height that lowercase letters reach based on height of lowercase x; does not include ascenders or descenders in typography

X-Line – font deconstruction

A line marking the top of those lowercase letters, such as o, having no ascenders.

X- line in typography and font deconstruction. A line marking the top of those lowercase letters, such as "o", having no ascenders.

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