typography elements

counter

counter is the inclosed part of the letter..

glyphs

is an element of writing: an individual mark on a written medium that contributes to the meaning of what is written.

tracking

is the adjustment of space for groups of letters and entire blocks of text.

kerning

is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result.

point size

point size is the top to the bottoms of the letters

serif

serif is the little lines that are on the letter (r).

type face classification

Characterized by high contrast between thick and thin strokes and flat serifs, Modern fonts are harder to read than previous and later typestyles.

font

a font is traditionally defined as a quantity of sorts composing a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular typeface.

x height

x-height is the length of the lower case letter

alignment

is the setting of text flow or image placement relative to a page, column (measure), table cell or tab. The type alignment setting is sometimes referred to as text alignment, text justification or type justification.

cape line

cape line cape line is the line were the capitol letters is.

descender

descender is the bottom of the lower case letter

type face

a typeface (also known as font family) is a set of characters that share common design features.

ascender

ascender is the extended part at the top of the lower case letter.

descender line

descender line is the line under the lower case letters