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P eterhead A cademy

P eterhead A cademy Graphic Communication Typography Technology Department Typography Base line Base line Base line The imaginary line on which all characters rest Typography Mean Line Mean line Mean line The imaginary line which determines the height of lower case letters.

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P eterhead A cademy

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  1. Peterhead Academy Graphic Communication Typography Technology Department

  2. Typography Base line Base line Base line The imaginary line on which all characters rest

  3. Typography Mean Line Mean line Mean line The imaginary line which determines the height of lower case letters.

  4. Typography x-height x-height x-height The height of the lower case letters such as x, a, o

  5. Typography Ascender Ascender Ascender line Mean line Ascender The stroke of a letter which rises above the Mean Line Such as k, h, l. Ascender line The imaginary line which determines the height of the ascender

  6. Typography Descender Base line Descender line Descender Descender The stroke of a letter which hangs below the Base line Such as p, y, g. Descender line The imaginary line which determines the length of hang

  7. Typography Body size Body size Body size The size of the type being used; measure from the end of the ascender to the end of the descender.

  8. Typography Serif Serif Serif Small strokes and cross-lines at the end of major lines

  9. Typography Set width Set width Set width Width, in units, allowed for each letter which varies between letters and typefaces.

  10. Typography Cap line Cap line Cap line The height of capital letters. Depending on type design, capitals may be taller/shorter or same height as ascenders.

  11. Typography Typography Cap height Set width Ascender Ascender line Cap line Mean line Body size x-height Base line Descender line Serif Descender

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