Typography Flashcards
What is kerning
The space between individual letters or characters
What is leading
The space between multiple lines of typer
What is tracking
Increase or decrease horizontal spacing between a range of letters or character
What are points
Type is measured in points one point is 0.25m
What is typographical arrangement, and what are the different type arrangements
The layout or presentation of words
What is typography
The practice of arrangement and study of type forms
What Is a typeface
They style of text that you can use
What is a font
A specific letter typer consisting of upper and lowercase
What is baseline of letterform
The imaginary horizontal line where most characters it
What is cap height of a letter form
The imaginary line which is the height of a typefaces uppercase letters
What is crossbar of a letterform
A stroke that connects two lines in the capital letterforms of a and h
What is body text
The text forming the main content of a book
What are rivers
Gaps in typesetting which appear to run through a paragraph of text
What does opposite attracts mean
The combining of different type styles
