M - N

Question 1

Main Stem

Answer 1

the thickest stroke of a character

Question 2

Majuscule

Answer 2

the capital version of a letterform

Question 3

Margin

Answer 3

the space between the copy and the edge of the page
The four margins are called “clockwise from top, head margin, front margin, foot margin, and inside or back margin”

Question 4

Masthead

Answer 4

defines the name on page one of a newspaper or periodical (also known as nameplate)

Question 5

Mean Line

Answer 5

the imaginary line defining the height of lowercase letters excluding ascenders, also called the x-height, body line, or waisteline

Question 6

Minus

Answer 6

negative space setting between typeset characters

Question 7

Minusing

Answer 7

decreasing the space between typeset characters in text settings,
sometimes called tracking in software applications, this affects the entire selection of text equally

Question 8

Monospacing

Answer 8

refers to fonts which each character occupies the same amount of space
in monospaced type, such as that output from a typewriter* the character aligns vertically on the page regardless of whether it is an i or a w

Question 9

Monotone

Answer 9

also referred to as monoline, a typeface in which all of the strokes appear to be the same thickness

Question 10

Movable type

Answer 10

an invention attributed to Johann Guttenberg in which each character is cast in lead or carved form wood so that it can be used multiple times for multiple printing jobs on a platen press or letterpress

Question 11

Mutt Dash

Answer 11

An alternative term for an em dash
Also known as a long dash that is the width of an em
or the square of the point size of the font

Question 12

Number sign

Answer 12

the character: #
also known as the pound sign and hash sign