What is another name for Uppercase Letters?
-Capitals or Majuscule
What is another word for Lowercase Letters?
-Minuscule
What is the difference between Font and Typeface?
-Typeface is upper and lowercase letters of a given design while Font is the formal term that includes all upper and lowercase letter forms
Where do we see the first example of Roman Capitals?
-Construction of the letters on Trajan’s Column in Rome
What are the 14 Square shaped letters in our alphabet?
-A, C, D, G, H, K, N, O, Q, T, V, X, Y, Z
What is the difference between italic and oblique?
-Oblique is font that has been skewed and Italic is separately designed typeface
What is a type family, give examples.
-Complete set of related typefaces having identical design characteristics
-Times New Roman, Helvetica
What letters are drawn to be optically corrected and why are they corrected optically?
-E, O, A, V
-They have the components in the other letters
What are the first 6 - 9 letters drawn when creating a typeface?
-n, b, o, v
-A,H,O
What word do type designers use to test a typeface they are drawing/creating?
-Hamburgefonstiv
Why are those letters used?
-The letters in the word have basic shapes used in all the other letters
Explain the history of measuring type.
-They would measure it by how each part connects
What are points and picas?
-Points: measurement used in print
-Picas: Fixed horizontal measurements
How many points are in an inch?
-72 points
How many picas?
-6 picas
What is an em?
-unit for measuring width of printed matter
What is an en?
-Half of an em
Define wordspace, kerning, and leading.
-Wordspace: the space between the words
-Kerning: adjusting space between letters
-Leading: space between lines
Name at least 6 pairs of letters that need to be kerned and why.
-Av, Aw, Ay, Ta, Te, To
What is a ligature?
-Set of two or more characters that have been designed into a harmonious set
What are the 3 kinds of type alignment?
-Center, Right, Left
What do we "hang" in typography?
-Punctuation
What are lining figures?
-Numbers within a particular font that match the cap height of the uppercase letters
When do you always want to use aligning figures (numbers).
-When you are working with the number alignments
What are old style / non-aligning figures?
-Have varying heights and alignments
Name a few fonts with non-aligning figures.
-Basset, Bodini
When do you use non-aligning figures?
-When you’re working with certain numbers
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