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AR DC 1 Unit 4
Arkansas DC 1 Typography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 3-D | an effect that gives the illusion of depth |
| Ascender | the part of a lowercase character (b, d, f, h, k, l, t) that extends above the x-height |
| Baseline | an imaginary horizontal line along which the base of a letter sets |
| Bold | font style that makes characters appear darker than the surrounding text |
| Cap height | the height of capital letters from the baseline to the top of caps, most accurately measured on a character with a flat bottom (E, H, I, etc.) |
| Character | any written or printed letter, number, or symbol |
| Character width | the horizontal distance of a character |
| Contoured text | text that follows an outline in some type of curved or irregular pattern |
| Decorative font | typefaces designed to attract attention; used in limited situations, mostly in large sizes for headlines or titles (also known as display font) |
| Descender | the part of a character (g, j, p, q, y, and sometimes J) that descends below the baseline |
| Dingbat | a decorative element available in font format |
| Drop cap | the first letter in a story that is enlarged and lowered so the top of the letter is even with the first line of text and the base of the letter drops next to the rest of the paragraph |
| Em dash | a line the width of a capital M in whichever font is being used; is used to indicate a break in thought |
| En dash | a line the width of a capital N in whichever font is being used; is used to connect ranges of numbers, dates, letters |
| Font | a family of alphabetic characters, numbers, punctuation marks and other symbols that share a consistent design; often used synonymously with typeface |
| Font style | the appearance of type (e.g., bold and italics) |
| Greeking | nonsense text used as a placeholder for actual text; also known as lorem ipsum |
| Hanging indent | the first line of a paragraph is flush left, but all remaining lines are indented |
| Indent | a feature that sets a temporary left, right, or left and right margin for paragraph text |
| Initial cap | an enlarged letter that is used as the first character of a paragraph; may be dropped or raised |
| Italics | printed in or using characters that slope to the right |
| Kerning | the adjustment of space between pairs of letters to improve its appearance or alter its fit |
| Leading | the space between lines of text |
| Point | a unit of measurement used ton describe the size of text; one point=1/72 of an inch |
| Reverse type | special formatting style that uses light color text on a dark background |
| Sans serif | typeface without serifs |
| Script | formal or informal typefaces designed to imitate handwriting |
| Serif | typeface with projections extending off the main strokes of a character |
| Shadow | a formatting style that adds depth to text or other objects, aking them appear more three-dimensional |
| Small cap | smaller uppercase letters that are about the same height as lowercase letters |
| Text wrap | a technique that allows text to flow aroud a graphic image |
| Texture | a special formatting style creates the illusion of actual textures such as wood, metal, objects in nature, etc. |
| Tracking | adjusting the spacing between words, phrases, and extended blocks of text |
| Typography | the study of all elements of type as a means of visual communication; includes the shape, size, and spacing of characters |
| Widow/orphan | a very short line of text (single sentence or phrase) that appears alone at the end or beginning of a paragraph or column |
| x-height | the height of lowercase letters, specifically the lowercasex, not including ascenders and descenders |
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