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Ragged (Unjustified)
The setting of text type with an irregular
appearance on either one or both
margins, such as ragged right or ragged
left. In ragged setting, interword spaces
are not varied for justification.Ragged
setting is the opposite of flush setting in
which even margins are achieved on
both sides of the text.
Roman
Name often applied to the Latin alphabet
as it is used in English and European
languages. Also used to identify
upright, as opposed to italic or cursive,
alphabet designs.
Roman Numerals
Roman letters used as numerals until
the tenth century A.D.: l=1, V= 5, X=10,
L=50,C=100,D= 500, and M=1,000.
Rule
A typographic element in the form of a
line; used for a variety of typographic
purposes.
Runaround
Type set to fit around an illustration,
box or irregular shape.
Running Head
A book title or chapter head repeated at
the top of every page in a book.
Sans Serif
Typestyles without serifs.
Script
Type designed to suggest handwriting
or writing with a brush.
Serif
A line crossing the main strokes of a
character. There are many varieties.
Shoulder
The curved stroke of the "h," "m," and "n:
Small Caps
Letters the approximate size of lowercase
x-height characters, but in the
design of the capitals. Normally available
in text typeface designs only.
Spine
The main curved stroke of a lowercase
or capital "S."
Spur
A small projection off a main stroke;
found on many capital "G"s.
Stem
A straight vertical stroke (or main
straight diagonal stroke in a letter
which has no vertical strokes).
Stet
Proofreaders' mark indicating copy
marked for correction should stand as it
was before the correction was marked.
Stress
The direction of thickening in a curved
stroke.
Stroke
A straight or curved line.
Subscript
A small symbol, numeral or letter that
prints below or below and to the side of
another character, as in H 20. Also called
inferior letter or figure.
Superscript
A small symbol, numeral or letter that
prints above the x-height and to the
side of another character, as in 3 4. Also
called superior letter or figure, particularly
when used to refer to a citation
source.
Swash Letters
Characters with fancy flourishes
replacing a terminal or serif.
Tail
The part of a "Q" which makes it look
different than an "0," or the diagonal
stroke of the "R."
Terminal
The end of a stroke not terminated with
a serif.
Text
The body copy in a book or on a page, as
distinct from the headings.
Text Type
Main body type, usually smaller in size
than 14 point.
Thin Space
Usually one-fourth to one-fifth of an em
space.
Transfer Type
Type, carried on sheets, that can be
transferred to a working surface by
cutting out self-adhesive letterforms
(cut-out lettering), or by burnishing
(pressure-sensitive lettering).
Transitional
A typestyle that combines features of
both Old Style and Modern; Baskerville,
for example.
Type
The letters of the alphabet and all the
other characters used singly or collectively,
to create words, sentences, blocks
of text, etc.
Typeface
One of the variations or styles in a typeface
family, such as roman, italic, bold,
ultra, condensed, expanded, outline,
contour, etc.
Type Family
A range of typeface designs that are all
variations of one basic style of alphabet.
The usual components of a type family
are roman, italic, and bold. These
can also include variations in width
(condensed or extended) and in weight
(light to extra bold). Some families have
many versions.
BBB B
"U. & L.C."
Also written u/lc. Commonly used
abbreviation for upper and lower case.
Unit
A fraction of an em. In an 18-unit system,
for example, the em is divided into
18 equal units of width. Many phototypesetting
machines have 36-unit,
54-unit and even finer unit values. The
more units to the em, the more latitude
the type designer has in assigning character
widths.
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Unit Value
The fixed unit width assigned to either
side of individual characters.
Uppercase
Capitals; see Lowercase.
Weight
This term refers to the relationship
between a letter's solid strokes and its
open counters. A letter is said to be
"lightweight" if the strokes are thin;
"heavyweight" if thick.
White Space Reduction
The reducing of space allocated to the
characters.
Widow
The end of a paragraph or of a column
of reading matter that is undesirably
short; a single, short word; or the end of
a hyphenated word, such as "ing."
Wrong Font (W.F.)
A type character set in a face, style or
size other than that specified.
x-Height
The height of lowercase characters
excluding ascenders and descenders.
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