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| Symbol that repesents objects, visual communication |
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| symbols comunicating thoughts |
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| wedged shaped marks, Latin for cuneous (wedge) |
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1st to make symbols that have sounds (hieroglyphics),
papyrus and reed pen |
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1st phonetic writing system
phonics
no vowels |
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added vowels
had 2 alphabets (ionian,chalcidian) |
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added
modified
left some unchanged |
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| where 2 upward slanting strokes meet |
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| where 2 downward strokes meet |
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a curved stroke that encloses a counter
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a transitional stroke that goes from curved to stright
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a part of the letter that extends above the mean line
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drops below the baseline
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secondary stroke that connects two main strokes
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thin strokes
only on serif
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line that letter sit/stand on
runs across bottom of letters
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runs across the tops of most lowercase letters
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line that goes across the top of some letters
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height of the body, or main element, of the lowercase letterform
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space enclosed in letters
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downward faceing stroke
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connects a serif to a terminal
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a specific design of an alphabet
Ariel |
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veriations in the weight or width of the letterforms
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2 or more letters joined as a unit
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resemble caps
uniformed in height
1234567 |
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Old style figures
[image]
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type size
units of measurment
4pt
12 pts = 1 pica |
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general reading
5-14pts
serif |
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16-72pts
headlines
san serif |
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the space between two letters
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Space between line & type
measured from one baseline to the next |
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| adjusting the spacing equally between all the letters |
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| length of the line of type |
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