Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Typography Basics

  

X-height- Located between the baseline and the cap height. It's the height of the body of the lowercase letter

 Typography Basics

a.) Typography- the art and technique of arranging type, type meaning letters and characters

b.) Typography is important because every font, letter, and character arrangement plays a part in determining how a message is conveyed. Even the smallest of type adjustments can impact the look and feel of your work.

c.) Hierarchy is when artists use different weights (bold, regular, light), styles (italics) and sizes to create a sense of order in their text

d.) Ascender- The portion of a letter that extends above mean line of a font

Descender- The longest point on a letter that falls beyond the baseline

Stem- The base of a letter, similar to the stem of a flower 

Bar- The bar that that goes across the inside of the letter and connects one side to another 

Cap height- The distance from the baseline to the top of the capital letter 

Baseline- The line where the letter sit

 


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Typography Basics

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