| A | B |
|---|
| Ascender | Character that rises above the x-height. |
| Baseline | Imaginary horizontal line. |
| Cap Height | Distance between baseline and top of capital letters. |
| Descender | Character that extends below the baseline. |
| Em Dash | Indicates a pause in speech. |
| En Dash | Indicates a continuation. |
| Hue | The color itself. |
| Kerning | Decreasing/Increasing horizontal space between characters. |
| Luminescence | The brightness of a color. |
| Monospaced | All characters have same amount of spacing. |
| Pitch | Number of characters per 1 horizontal inch. |
| Point Size | A vertical measurement. |
| Proportional | Varying amount of space for each character. |
| Sans Serif | Without a small stroke at end of character. |
| Saturation | The intensity of a color. |
| Serif | Small stroke at the end of a character. |
| Typeface | Set of characters with common design/shape. |
| Typestyle | Variations of the basic type design. |
| x-height | Height of the font's lowercase x. |
| Font | A set of characters with a common design and shape |
| Ligature | Letters that have been attached to create a single character |
| Swash | An exaggerated serif |
