Lettering Flashcards
They developed the form of the hieroglyphic of writing
Egypians
They were the real inventors of the alphabet and had no symbols for vowels.
Semites
The _____ made the next step in the development of the alphabet. They gave each sound a fixed
symbol. There were only twenty-two (22) consonant letters, though were consonant-vowel combinations.
Phoenicians
Their most enormous contribution was the addition of
the vowels. When they pronounced names.
Greek
First letter/sign/symbol draw a cave?
Bull’s head
During the first century of the Christian era, the _____ developed an alphabet of capital letters called “majuscules” that
we still use at present.
Roman
Capital letter in Roman
Majuscules
Lowercase letter in Roman
Minuscules
letters have the elementary strokes of even width. It is considered to be the most
understandable and most legible style of letters.
Gothic
letters are letters having their elementary strokes “accented” or consisting of heavy and thin
lines. The ends of the strokes terminated with spurs called “serifs
Roman
all types of Old English letters. ___ letters are too illegible for commercial
purposes, but they’re the most artistic and elaborate of all kinds of letters.
Text
letters like handwriting. They used in making cards, notes, and other artworks, and
attributed by the Anglo-Saxons.
All styles of letters, when inclined in position, are called Italic.
Script
are large letters of titles, posters, and others. They are made up of
drawing their outlines and filled in. Roman letters usually made in outline
Drawn or build up letter
term “single stroke” or “one stroke” does not mean that the letters
made without lifting the pencil, brush, or pen. To make it simple, “the width of the stroke
of the pen or pencil is equal to the width of the stem of the letters.” This letter generally
used on architectural working drawings
Single stoke
