parts of fonts
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parts of fonts lesson for graphic designTRANSCRIPT
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Parts of Fonts
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There are several technical terms you can
use to describe and categorize fonts.
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Many of these terms stem from a time when type was hand-written using
wedge-tipped pens.
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All of these terms describe parts of a font that give the eye visual clues to
decoding the letters while reading.
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Parts of Fonts
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Serifs
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Serifs are the flares at the ends of the letters.
sFont with Serifs sFont
without Serifs
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The baseline
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The baseline is a line upon which the bottom of the main body of each letter
rests.
aThe baseline
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X-height
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X-height refers to the height of the main body of
the lowercase letters.
aThe X-Height P
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Ascenders
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Ascenders are the parts of letters that rise above
the x-height.
fThe X-Height
The Ascender
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Descenders
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Descenders are the parts of the letters that drop
below the baseline.
The Baseline g The
Descender
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Weight
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Weight is the thickness of line in the font.
thin thick
D d D d
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The thick/thin transition
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The thick/thin transition is the change in curved portions of a letter from
a thick line to a thin one. Little thick/thin transition
O o O o
Great thick/thin transition
thin
thick
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The stress
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The stress is the angle of a line between the
thinnest parts of the curved strokes.
Stress
O O
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Assignment #2Identifying Parts of Fonts
Directions: For this assignment, your goal is complete the Assignment #2 Worksheet where you will identify different parts of fonts. You may (and should) use your Font Parts hand out to help you with this assignment.
This assignment is worth 20 points.