Typography
the design and use of typefaces as a means of visual communication how to select, size, arrange, and use typefaces
Serif a line or curve projecting from the end of a letter stroke
Transition variation in stroke weight remember, weight = thickness thick thin
Stress an imaginary line through the thinnest parts of curved letter Diagonal Stress O Vertical Stress O
The Basic Parts of Letters: A b C d E f G h I j cap height
The Basic Parts of Letters: A b C d E f G h I j x height
The Basic Parts of Letters: A b C d E f G h I j baseline
The Basic Parts of Letters: A b C d E f G h I j bowl
The Basic Parts of Letters: A b C d E f G h I j ascender
The Basic Parts of Letters: A b C d E f G h I j serifs
The Basic Parts of Letters: A b C d E f G h I j descender
Categories of Type: Oldstyle
Categories of Type: Moder n
Categories of Type: Slab Serif
Categories of Type: San Serif
Categories of Type: Script
Categories of Type: Decorative
Categories of Type Activity: Open a blank full page document in MS Publisher Find three different oldstyle fonts and type the word oldstyle in each of the fonts (you will have the word oldstyle typed three times in three different oldstyle fonts) Do the same for the other categories of type