GD 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Letterform, Serif, Times New Roman
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Link-stroke that connects the bowl with the loop of the lowercase g. Classification of type: based off the characteristics of letterforms, old style, gothic, transitional, modern, sans serif, slab serif, and decorative. What are fonts: complete set of characters in one style and size, 256 characters/font. Families of typefaces: type family: group of related typefaces with same design characteristics, times family: times roman, times italic, times bold, times bold italic. Common characteristics: serifs, weight: lightness or boldness of typeface, width: ratio between strokes and white space in them, posture (italics, thick/thin contrast, x-height, ascenders/descenders: descenders are usually longer than ascenders, stress (visual axis of letter) Working with type: spacing, tracking, and kerning type, font spacing: amount of space between letters of type, kerning: adjust space between two letters to achieve a visual flow, tracking: adjust the counter space between letters.
