In this course, I will be teaching you all the different parts of letters and characters so you can identify them. You will learn the importance of type anatomy and what terms to use with different parts of copy. I will also cover the differences between serif and sans serif type faces, the differences between readability and legibility, and about the many different type classifications

I have listed below some of what I will be covering.

Terminology

Tracking
Leading
Kerning
Hyphenation
X-Height
Baseline
Old style
Modern
Transitional
Stress
Em Quad
Baseline Grid
Point vs Pica vs Inch

Anatomy

Stem
Bowl
Crossbar
Counter
Ascender
Descender
Arm
Ear
Finial
Stroke
Loop
Serif
Spine
Spur
Tail
Terminal
Ascender Height
X-Height

Open Type

Ligature
Contextual Alternatives
Discretionery Ligatures
Swash
Stylistic Alternatives
Tilting Alternatives
Ordinals
Fractions

Zilton Salgado

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