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Typography

Typography is the technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. This process includes the selection of font style, size, line length and spacing.

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Typography

widow line

Printing & publishing; Typography

A single line of a paragraph at the top or bottom of a page or column, which has been seperated from the rest of the paragraph.

width

Printing & publishing; Typography

Refers to whether the basic typeface has been lengthened or compressed horizontally. The typical variations are condensed, normal, or extended.

x-height

Printing & publishing; Typography

The height of the lowercase letters that do not have ascenders or decenders, such as a, c, e and mm.

verso

Printing & publishing; Typography

The left-hand page of a book or a manuscript.

weight

Printing & publishing; Typography

The range of a stroke’s width. Also knows as demibold, light, and bold. Some typeface families have many weights like ultra-bold and extra-light. Associated to the heaviness of the stroke for a ...

typeface

Printing & publishing; Typography

A typeface consists of a series of fonts and a full range of characters, such as, numbers, letters, marks and punctuations.

screen printing

Printing & publishing; Typography

Technique of printing by using a squeegee to force ink through an assembly of mesh fabric and a stencil.

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