Type II Lexicon - Q1

Ampersand

A logogram/written character that represents the word “and”

Dingbat

Graphic symbols or ornaments accessed through a font file

Dumb Quotes (Prime)

Quotation marks used around numerical value

Smart Quotes

Quotation marks used around words as opposed to numbers

Ellipsis (…)

Punctuation mark made out of 3 consecutive dots to indicate omission, pause or an incomplete thought

Hyphen

Punctuation mark used to connect and form words (aka compound words)

En Dash

Punctuation mark longer than a hyphen but shorter than an Em dash is used to show a range or connection of numbers, dates, or other numerical values

Em Dash

Longest of dashes used to indicate a sudden break or pause in a sentence

Small Caps

Uppercase letters designed to be shorter

Uppercase

A letter’s capital form

Interrobang

Punctuation mark that combines the question mark and the exclamation point

Optical Alignment (Hanging Punctuation)

Typesetting technique where punctuation marks like quotation marks or apostrophes are set slightly outside the main text margin to align visually with the text and create a cleaner, uniform edge.

Glyph

The specific shape, design or representation of a character