Monday, October 15, 2012

Definitions

  1. Define ascender and descender.
  2. Define serif.
  3. Define kerning.
  4. Define leading.
  5. What is a font in typographic terms?
  6. What is meant by justified type?
  7. Is Garamond a serif or sans-serif font?
  8. What is a family(or complete set) of type?
  9. What is tracking and why might you want to use it?
  10. What is a typographer?
1. Ascender:
  1. A person or thing that ascends, in particular.
  2. A part of a letter that extends above the main part (as in b and h).
Descender:
  1. A part of a letter that extends below the level of its base of a letter (as in gand p).
  2. A letter having such a part.

3. Serif: A slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter, as in T contrasted with &ssT.

4. Leading: 
Most Important
The amount of blank space between lines of print.

5. In typography, 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.

6. Alignment of type in which each line length is identical: type is aligned on both the right and left margins.
7. It is a serif font.
8. I didn't find an answer to this question.
9. 1. The action of tracking someone or something.
2. The maintenance of a constant difference in frequency between two or more connected circuits or components.
You might want to use tracking so you can find a person's name. 

10. A compositor: one who sets written material into type.

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