Typepography Flashcards

1
Q

What is leading?

A

Leading is the distance between two lines of type.

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2
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What is kerning?

A

Kerning is the individual spaces between letterforms

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3
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What is tracking?

A

Tracking is the distance between all letters in a sample of text.

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4
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What is the difference between serif and san serif?

A

A serif is the small visual element at the end of a stroke. San serif is text without that visual element.

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5
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What is the difference between x-height and cap hight?

A

X-height is the hight of the lowercase letters and cap hight is the hight of uppercase letters.

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