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| ascender | part of a lowercase letter that rises above the x-height |
| body type | type 12 points and smaller |
| characters | individual letters, numerals, punctuation marks or other symbols |
| descender | part of a lowercase letter that goes below the x-height |
| dingbat | typographic decorative device such as a bullet or star |
| display type | type 14 points and larger |
| family | all the typestyles of a particular typeface |
| font | all the characters of a particular typeface |
| kerning | adjusting the letterspacing between certain letters |
| leading | space between lines of type |
| letterspacing | amount of space between letters |
| line gauge | printer's ruler calibrated in picas, points, and inches |
| lowercase | small letters of the alphabet |
| measure | width of a line of type |
| pica | unit of measurement equaling 1/6 of an inch |
| point | unit of measurement equaling 1/72 of an inch |
| river | distracting pattern of white space running vertically down through body copy |
| serifs | short cross-strokes that project out at the end of the main letters strokes in some typefaces |
| small caps | capital letters that are the same size as the x-height of the typeface |
| straight matter | body type set in normal paragraph form in contrast |
| tabular matter | charts, tables, or other elements that make typesetting complicated |
| type | characters used singly or collectively to create words, sentences, paragraphs, blocks of copy, etc. |
| typeface | particular style or design of type |
| type size | height of a typeface measured from bottom of descender to the top of its ascenders |
| typography | art and science of working with type |
| uppercase | capital letters of the alphabet |
| widow | end of a paragraph or column that is undesirably short |
| wordspacing | amount of space between words |
| x-height | distance between the baseline and meanline of type |
| roman type | type with serifs whose variations include old style, modern, and transitional |
| sans serif | also known as gothic and all strokes are uniform |
| square serif | has blocked or squared serifs and has uniform strokes |
| text type | has heavy bold appearance also called Old English |
| script | has handwritten or hand-lettered effect |
| novelty | type consisting of unusual designs, also called decorative or specialty |
| line length | also known as measure or column width |
| line depth | measured from baseline to baseline |
| centered alignment | aligned at the midline |
| flush left | known as ragged right or quad left |
| flush right | all lines aligned at right end |
| justified | all lines even, or flush at both ends |
| runaround | lines are shortened to go around an illustration or photo |
| molded | body type formed into a distinctive shape |
