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| Type | text, or a layer containing text |
| Font | characters with a similar appearance |
| Outline type | type that is mathematically defined and can be scaled to any size without its edges losing their smooth appearance |
| Bitmap type | type that may develop jagged edges when enlarged |
| Font family | represents a complete set of characters, letters, and symbols for a particular typeface which are generally divided into three categories: serif, sans serif, and symbols |
| Serif fonts | fonts that have a tail, or stroke, at the end of some characters, best for text passages |
| Sans serif fonts | fonts that do not have tails or strokes at the end of characters; commonly used in headlines |
| Points | unit of measurement for font sizes. (1 inch = 72 pts.) |
| Monotype spacing | spacing in which each character occupies the same amount of space |
| Proportional spacing | text spacing where each character takes up a different amount of space, based on its width |
| Kerning | controlling the amount of space between two characters |
| Leading | the amount of vertical space between lines of type |
| Baseline | an invisible line on which type rests |
| Drop shadow | a style that adds what looks like a colored layer of identical text behind the selected type |
| Anti-aliasing | partially fills in pixel edges, resulting in smooth-edge type, allows type to maintain a crisp appearance, usually used for large type |
| Rasterized | being converted into a bitmapped object, cannot be moved or copies and has a much smaller file size |
| Distort filters | create three-dimensional or other reshaping effects (glass, pinch, ripple, shear, spherize, twirl, wave, and zigzag) |
