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CALLIGRAPHIC TERMS & TECHNICAL TERMS IN HANDWRITITNG ANALYSIS Flashcards

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Refers to the line on top of a capital letter.
- This is located just above the waistline.

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ASCENDER LINE

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All letters that reach the ascender line are called

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ascending letters.

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Refers to the line that is found below just below the baseline

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DESCENDER LINE

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All letters that go down to the descender line are called

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descending letters

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Refers to the writing line that the body of the letter sits upon

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BASE LINE (or WRITING LINE)

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Refers to the guideline showing the correct position for the upper boundary of the x-height

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WAISTLINE

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Refers to the height of the letter between the baseline and the waistline

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X-HEIGHT

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It also refers to the height of the lowercase letters particularly the vowels.

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X-HEIGHT

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Refers to the height of the capital or uppercase letters.

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CAP LINE OR CAP – HEIGHT

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10
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An oversized capital letter used to start a paragraph.

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DROP CAP

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refers to characters that combine or connect. For instance, letter A combines with E, following (ff); street (st). Ligature can be standard and personalized. A writer can be known based on personalized ligature.

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LIGATURE

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12
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the space inside the loops of selected letters.

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COUNTER

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13
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refers to the pen point

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NIB

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refers to the angle at which the nib meets the paper relative to the baseline.

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PEN ANGLE

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a small stroke that begins or ends a letter.

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SERIF

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(also known as STAFF, TRUNK, OR STALK)

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STEM

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17
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is a form of letter beautification that is usually found in aesthetically printing characters.

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BRACKET

18
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refers to the slope of a letter. The 3 kinds are slant to the right, left, and vertical slant

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SLANT

19
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refers to the stroke which connects the arch to the down stroke of a letter.

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BRANCHING STROKE / JUNCTION CONNECTION

20
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refers to the guideline showing the correct slant

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SLANT LINE

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refers to the horizontal stroke to complete letters t, and H.

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CROSS BAR

22
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a non-structural embellishment (beautification) added to a letter.

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FLOURISH

23
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lines that forms every character which are very thin.

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HAIRLINE

24
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Any beginning stroke of any letter

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STARTING / INITIAL STROKE

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STARTING / INITIAL STROKE
Any beginning stroke of any letter. This is sometimes called

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BEARD

26
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Any ending stroke of a letter.

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ENDING / TERMINAL STROKE

27
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The main portion of the letter, minus the initial strokes, terminal strokes and diacritic in any letter

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BODY

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Refer to the “t” crossing and dots of the letter “I” & “j”. These are elements added to complete certain letter. It could also be a mark above or below a printed letter that indicates a change in the way it is to be pronounced or stressed. Acute and grave accents, tilde (~), and cedillas

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DIACRITICS

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Came from Greek work which means “ UGLY WRITING”

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“KAKKOGRAPHIA”

30
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Came from Greek work “KAKKOGRAPHIA” which means “ UGLY WRITING”

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CACOGRAPHY

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Came from Greek term which means “BEAUTIFUL WRITING”.

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KALLIGRAPHIA

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Came from Greek term KALLIGRAPHIA which means “BEAUTIFUL WRITING”.

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CALLIGRAPHY

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Kalligraphia came from KALLOS meaning

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“beauty”

34
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Kalligraphia came from GRAPHEIN meaning

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“write”

35
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The lower part of the letter which rest on the base line. The small letter “m” has three feet, and the small “n” has two feet.

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FOOT / FEET

36
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The two side out portion of the top curve of selected letters such as but not limited to letters m, n, and h.

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SHOULDERS

37
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The top outside portion of letter m, n, & h the rounded outside or top of the bend stroke or curve in small letter.

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HUMP

38
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Refers to the inside curve portion of selected characters.

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ARCADE

39
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may serve to individualize writing. It is how a certain letter is written repeatedly

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HABIT

40
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The term applied to the irregular thickening of ink which is found when writing slows down or stop while the pen takes a stock of the position.

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HESITATION

41
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It is a minute curve or an ankle which often occurs at the beginning or ending of strokes. The terminal curves of the letters “a”, “d”, “n”, “m”, “p”, “u”, is the hook, In small letter “w” the initial curve is the hook.

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HOOK

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