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ampersand
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aperture
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dot/tittle
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arc of stem
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apex
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bar/crossbar
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arm
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ascender
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serif
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x-height
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cap height
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body height
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axis
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brackets
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teardrop terminal
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bilateral serifs
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bowl
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ball terminal
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hook
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counter
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tail
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cross stroke
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crotch
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descender
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diacritic
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spur
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diagonal stroke
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ear
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link
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loop
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eye
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finial
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hairlines
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swash
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stem
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leg
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ligature
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flag
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old-style figures
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open counter
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shoulder
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beak
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spine
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spur
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vertex
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stroke
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quaint
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ampersand
a stylized character of the Latin et used to represent the word and
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aperture
the partially enclosed, somewhat rounded, negative space in some characters
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apex
a point at the top of a character where two strokes meet
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arc of stem
a curved stroke that is continuous with a straight stem
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arm
a horizontal, or upward, sloping stroke that does not connect to a stroke or stem on one or both ends
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ascender
the part of a letter that extends above the x-height
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ascender line
the invisible line marking the height of ascenders within a font
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ascent line
the invisible line marking the farthest distance between the baseline and the top of the glyph
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axis
an imaginary line drawn from top to bottom of a glyph, bisecting the upper and lower strokes
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ball terminal
a circular from at the end of the arm in letters
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bar/crossbar
the horizontal stroke in letters
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baseline
the invisible line where all characters sit
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beak
a sharp spur, found particularly at the top of letters in some 20th century Romana
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bilateral serifs
a serif extending to both sides of a main stroke
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body height
the complete area covered by all of the characters in a font
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bowl
the fully closed, rounded part of a letter
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bracket
a curved or wedge-like connection between the stem and serif of some fonts. not all serifs are bracketed serifs
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cap height
the height of a capital letter measured from the baseline
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cap line
a line marking the height of uppercase letters within a font
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counter
the open space in a fully or partially closed area within a letter
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cross stroke
a horizontal stroke that intersects the stem of a lowercase ‘t’ or ‘f’
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crotch
an acute, inside angle where two strokes meet
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descender
the part of a letter that extends below the baseline
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descender line
the invisible line marking the lowest point of the descenders within a font
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descent line
the invisible line marking the farthest distance between the baseline and the bottom of the glyph
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diacritic
a ancillary mark or sign added to a letter
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diagonal stroke
an angled stroke
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dot/tittle
a small distinguishing mark, such as an diacritic on a lowercase ‘i’ or ‘j’
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ear
a small stroke extending from the upper-right side of the bowl of lowercase ‘g’; also appears in the angled or curved lowercase ‘r’
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eye
much like a counter, the eye refers specifically to the enclosed space in a lowercase ‘e’
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finial
a tapered or curved end
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flag
the horizontal stroke present on the numeral 5
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hairline
a thin stroke usually common to serif typefaces
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hook
a curved, protruding stroke in a terminal. usually found on a lowercase ‘f’
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italics
a cursive alphabet which is matched with a roman font and used chiefly for emphasis
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mean line
an imaginary line running along the top of non-ascending, lowercase letters
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leg
the short, descending portion of a letter
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ligature
two or more letters are joined together to form one glyph or character
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link
a stroke that connects the top and bottom bowls of a lowercase double-story ‘g’
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lobe
a rounded projecting stroke attached to the main structure of a letter
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loop
the enclosed or partially enclosed counter below the baseline of a double-story ‘g’’
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lowercase
the smaller form of letters in a typeface
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old-style figures
numbers with varying heights, some aligning to the baseline and some below
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open counter
the partially open space within a character that is open on one end
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overshoot
ascenders extending into the space of a following character
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quaint
an antiquated sort or glyph, used to recreate the typographic flavor of a bygone age
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serif
a stroke added as a stop to the beginning and end of the main strokes of a character
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shoulder
the curved stroke aiming downward from a stem
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spine
the main curved stroke of a lowercase or capital ‘S’
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spur
a small projection off a main stroke
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stem
a vertical, full-length stroke in upright characters
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stroke
a straight or curved diagonal line
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swash
a flourish addition replacing a terminal or serif
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