Typo graphic Lexicon Minnie Miller
having elements’ edge placement agree
alignment
&
the sign &, Latin et, meaning “and�
ampersand
T arm
a horizontal stroke that is free on one or both ends
ascender
median line
the part of lowercase letter that extends above the median line
baseline
implied line on which letterforms sit
beardline
invisible line that indicates the bottom of descenders
bolder than bold
black
blackletter heavy, angular type based on medieval script writing
Cap height
baseline
the height of capital letters, measured from baseline to top of the uppercase letter
a typeface that is heavier and wider than the roman style of the same typeface
bold
• bacon • grits • eggs
bullet
dot indicating items in a list
camelback a capital letter that has a lowercase letter before and after it in a word
Patti
LaBelle left her
iPhone at McDonald’s.
centered
alignment in which the midpoints of each element are positioned on a central axis
color the lightness or darkness of an area of type the lightness or darkness of an area of type the lightness or darkness of an area of type the lightness or darkness of an area of type the lightness or darkness of an area of type
colophon information at the end of a book and sometimes on websites that describes its production
condensed a narrow version of a typeface that fits more characters into a given space
American Typewriter regular American Typewriter condensed
the amount of variation between thick and thin strokes of a letter contrast
copyfitting
adjusting type to fit
in a certain area
counter
the space, either completely or only partially closed, in letterforms
H
a horizontal stroke connecting two stems
cross bar
A
stem
descender
baseline
the part of a lowercase letter that extends below the baseline in the letters g, j, p, q, y
☼ ♥ ♫ ☺
dingbat
illustrative characters in a typeface
body copy
the primary text of a story
display type
letterforms whose purpose is to be read first
headline
the title or primary type in a composition.
subhead
secondary type that explains the headline and leads to the text
text
the main portion of a story
Beauty in Worship display type
Become Beautiful Through Worship subhead
headline
Live a lifestyle of worship. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec molestie pulvinar sem vel ullamcorper. Aliquam feugiat est at mauris faucibus mollis. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.
body copy/text
widow folio
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running header/footer
December 2011
www.beautyinworship.com
margin
A
drop cap
large initial set at the top left corner of body copy, baseline must align with a text baseline
A
raised cap
large initial set at the top left corner of body copy, baseline must align with first text baseline
dumb quotes
""
quotation marks that are straight, they are not proper
“�
smart quotes
quotation marks that are curved, they are more proper
‌ — ellipsis
a single character of three dots indicating an omission
em dash
the longest dash in a typeface, separates thoughts within a sentence
777–9311 the second-longest dash in a typeface, separates numbers
en dash
ear
baseline
beardline
g
small stroke attached to some lowercase letters ear
descender
flush left
type that is aligned or even on the left and ragged on the right
flush right
type that is aligned or even on the right and ragged on the left
greeking
using dummy text when designing a layout to hold a place and show where text will go grid a skeletal guide used to ensure design consistency gutter space between columns and on either side of the bound inside margins of muliple-page documents
hanging
punctuation
allowing lines that begin or end with punctuation to extend a bit beyond the column width for optical alignment
pages that are across from each other in a multipage bound document facing pages
kerning
removing space between letter pairs in order to achieve optically consistent letterspacing
leading
space between lines of type that appears between the descenders of one line and the ascenders of the next
letterspacing
equivalent to tracking, used to describe general spacing between letters
The ability to distinguish between letterforms legibility
margin
the space at the four edges of a page
masterpage
a template to set up a multipage document
measure
the width in picas of a line or column of type
6
fa
â „o 1
n
pica
ch
in or
12
po
in ts
optical alignment
adjusting elements or letterforms so they appear aligned, which is more important than actually being aligned
orphan
a word or word fragment at the top of a column
paragraph rule
rules or strokes above and or below a paragraph
â „ of an inch, 1 or â „12 of a pica, the basic unit of a vertical measurement point of type 1 72
reader’s spread
what the reader sees as opposed to printer’s spread
Page 1 Page 2
roman
an upright, medium-weight typeface style
run around
type set around an image or element
running header/footer
a line of type that repeats on every page, usually near the page number.
serif
a small terminal at the end of a stroke or arm of a letter
set solid
type set without additional line spacing
shoulder
in metal type, the nonprinting surface of type or a slug
small caps
capital letters that are about the size of the x-height of lowercase letters of the same typeface
stem
the main straight stroke of a letter
stress
the general direction of a letter, whether vertical for romans, or diagonal for italics
adjusting overall letter and word space in a line or paragraph tracking
type family
all styles and variations of a single typeface regular
Century Gothic Century Gothic Century Gothic Century Gothic italic
bold
bold italic
uppercase
CAPITAL LETTERS
variable spaced
type in which each character is assigned its own width as determined by the character’s inherent width
Times New Roman
U&Lc
UPPER & Lowercase
justification
aligning both the left and right sides of a column of type by distributing space evenly between words and letters
printer’s spread
the page configuration used by printers
Page 1 Page 6
Optima humanist
a class of sans serif type that looks like handwriting,doesn’t look too mechanical or geometric
hairline
the thinnest stroke of a typeface, thinnest line in which an output device can make, usually Âź point
any right hand page in a bound document, always odd numbered recto
readibility
the quality of reading, determined by letterspacing, line spacing, paper-and-ink contrast and other factors
Canyou readthsi?
lorem ipsum dolor
commonly used dummy text
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec molestie pulvinar sem vel ullamcorper. Aliquam feugiat est at mauris faucibus mollis. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis
light a lighter variation in the density of a typeface opposite of boldface
American Typewriter light
ac f terminal
the hanging stroke of letters
typeface
a set of characters of a certain design and bearing its own name includes alphanumeric figures, punctuation, accents, and symbols
Academy Engraved abc 123 ?!$
ligature

conjoined characters into a single one for consistent optical spacing
Didot modern
a t y p e f a c e w i t h v e r t i c a l s t r e s s, strong stroke contrast and unbracketed serifs
oblique
8
folio a page number
noncapital letters of a typeface, also called minuscules lowercase
ĹŠ glyph
a character in a font
italic
type that slant to the right
Garamond old style
type originating in the 15th and 16th centuries
courier monospaced type
typefaces in which each character occupies the same horizontal space
x
junction
where two strokes of a letter intersect
sans serif means “without serifs”
rule
a line
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec ragged molestie pulvinar sem vel ullamcorper. Aliquam Type that is set with one edge rough Est at mauris faucibus. Sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique.
slab serif
type with especially thick serifs
Bookman Old Style
any left hand page in a bound document verso
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec molestie pulvinar sem vel ullamcorper. Aliquam feugiat est at mauris faucibus mollis. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis
recto
weight
the lightness or darkness of a typeface
Helvetica Neue UltraLight Helvetica Neue Light Helvetica Neue Regular
a word or word fragment at the end of a paragraph widow
word spacing
space between words
x-height
median line baseline
the distance from the baseline to the median in lowercase letters
Minnie Miller GRD 110 Type 1 Fall 2011 Final Project