This is the main stroke in a letter, usually vertical. These are the little strokes that are at the end of the main vertical and horizontal strokes of certain letters in a font. The opposite of a descender line, this is the invisible line that marks the height of ascenders in a font. Ascender This is part of the letter that extends above the mean line of a font. Descender Line This is an invisible line that marks the lowest point of a descender in a font. This is the portion of the letter that goes below the baseline. Ear Similar to where your ear would be on your body, this is a stroke that comes out of the top right side of the bowl of a lowercase “g” or in the angled or curved lowercase “r”. Bowl Just like the name, this is the rounded part of a letter that is fully closed (“d” and “b”).
Think of letters like “a”, “o”, “B” and “P”. This is the fully or partially enclosed circular or curved white space of certain letters. Cap-height This is the height of a capital letter that’s above the baseline, but only capital letters that are flat like “N” or “L”, not letters that are round or pointed (“A” or “O”). Think: the height of the letter “x”, “w”, or “z”. This encompasses the height of a letter from the baseline to the mean line of a lowercase letter. Keep in mind this can include a serif font, just on curves that don’t have a serif such as the bottom of an “n”. This is a type of curve that’s most would define at the end of a stroke, whether this is straight or curved, that doesn’t have a serif.
After all, there’s much more involved than just style and spacing. When it gets to the nitty-gritty of fonts, there’s a lot of different aspects that make a font, a font.
Add to the mix, two different fonts and it can become a huge headache. This complicates things because if your font and message don’t match, it confuses the reader. When you add art into the mix, it brings meaning. The reason why? Fonts themselves are part of the design. Whether you notice it or not, fonts impact the way we read a message, feel about a message and interpret a message. In fact, when you’re reading a text whether it’s an ad on the train, an instagram caption or a billboard, fonts aren’t usually what you’re paying attention to. When thinking about art, fonts are probably not the first thought that pops up in your mind.
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