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| Ascender | The part of a letter that extends above the waist height. |
| Descender | The part of a letter that extends below the baseline. |
| Lower Case | The body letters |
| Baseline | An imaginary line that the letters sit on. |
| Typography | The art of expressing ideas in printed form through using the selection of appropriate typefaces. |
| Counter | The nonprinting area surrounding a letter or inside the loop of a letter such as d or p. |
| Body Height | Also known as X-height. |
| Point size | A vertical measurement used to identify or secify the size of typeface. |
| Waistline | An imaginary line drawn along the tops of lower case letters. |
| Upper Case | The capital letters |
| Series | A full range of sizes of one typeface |
| Surtype | Dark or colored type that is usually on a lighter color ot tint |
| EM | Unit of printer's measure equal to the height and width of the capital M in the given size of type |
| Cursive | Disconnected characters that look like handwriting |
| Sans Serif | Typeface without serifs |
| Script | Joined letters that look like handwriting. |
| Family | Consists of the variations of one style of type |
| Black Letter | Typeface that resembles the calligraphy of the German monks of the 1400's |
| Square Serif | Typeface with serifs that are the same weight as the strokes and the serifs have a 90 degree angle |
| Display | Type sizes above 12pt are referred to as _______ type. |
| Set Size | Refers to the width of a character |
| Reverse Type | Type that is usually white on a solid color or dark backround |
| Readability | A measure of legibility |
| Roman | Most widely used typeface |
| Novelty | This typeface demands attention and is suited for special situations/not intended to be used as body copy |
| Body | Type sizes that range from 4 pt. through 12 pt. are referred to as text or ____ type |
| Tracking | A feature that allows you to control the letterspacing and wordspacing together |
| Font | Coinsists of all the characters that make up a particular typeface |
| Pica | Lines are measured with this unit |
| Dingbats | pi characters that add to the interest of printed materials |
| Point | Type is measured with this unit |
| Italic | A slanted version of the upright character and used for emphasis |
| Leading | Additional vertical space separating one line of type from another |
| Widow | A very short word or part of a word forming the final line of a paragraph |
