| A | B |
| The number of spaces after punctuation that separates two sentences | one |
| a dash that is approximately the width of a capital letter M | em dash |
| a type of dash that indicates duration | en dash |
| a reason why underlining should be avoided | it bumps into the descenders of the letters |
| removing small units of space between letters | kerning |
| when a paragraph ends and leaves fewer than 7 characters on the last line | widow |
| another word for line spacing | leading |
| type that is more readable and best used for body text | serif type |
| type that is more legible and best used for headlines | sans serif type |
| the space where there is no element printed on the page | white space |
| another way to type special characters like the copyright symbol | insert symbols |
| each character takes up the same amount of space | monospaced |
| each character takes up a different amount of space | proportional |
| using typewriter quotation marks is the most visible sign of unprofessional type | true |
| when the last line of a paragraph won't fit at the bottom of a column and must end itself at the top of the next column | orphan |