a f
Counter The counter is the area of space that is found within a letter, most prominently on ‘o’s. This is also referred to as an aperture.
Terminal
t
A terminal is the round ball that is found in serif typefaces, usually on ‘g’s and ‘f ’s.
k
Ascender
R
C N
Crossbar The crossbar is the horizontal line that intersects an ascender (on a ‘t’) or connects the two ascenders (H).
Stem A stem is a vertial line that isn’t an ascender or descender.
An ascender rises above the x-height of the letter.
Sans Serif Script Roman Blackletter
Open Counter Open counter is a counter with a break in it such as ‘c’, ‘h’ and ‘s’.
Cap height the cap height is the height of a letterform above the baseline.
Woodcut
Grunge