Goal

This goal of this read­ing is to review intro­duc­tory typog­ra­phy ter­mi­nol­ogy in writ­ten and visual form.

Assignment

• Bringhurst: For­ward; Chap­ter 1–2, p 9–44; Appen­dix A and B, p 270–298
• Kane: Basics, p 2–13; Let­ters, p 52–61

Vocabulary

Anatomy

• ascen­der
• base­line
• bowl
• char­ac­ter
• descen­der
• inch
• lig­a­tures
• low­er­case
• pica
• point
• punc­tu­a­tion
• serif
• set width
• stroke
• ter­mi­nal
• upper­case
• x‑height

Spacing

• kern­ing
• lead­ing
• let­terspac­ing
• line­spacing
• loose
• nor­mal
• tight
• track­ing
• wordspac­ing

Alignment

• cen­tered
• flush
• jus­ti­fied
• ragged

Classification

• black­let­ter
• font
• italic
• sans-serif
• script
• serif
• type­face

Bibliography

Bringhurst, Robert; The Ele­ments of Typo­graphic Style; Hart­ley and Marks Pub­lish­ers; Third edi­tion, 2004. ISBN-10: 0881792063, ISBN-13: 978–0881792065

Kane, John; A Type Primer; Pren­tice Hall; 2003. ISBN-10: 013099071X, ISBN-13: 9780130990716