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x-height — In typography, the x height or corpus size refers to the distance between the baseline and the mean line in a typeface. Typically, this is the height of the letter x in the font (the source of the term), as well as the u, v, w, and z. (Curved… … Wikipedia
X-height — In typography, the x height or corpus size refers to the distance between the baseline and the mean line in a typeface. Typically, this is the height of the letter x in the font (which is where the terminology came from), as well as the u , v , w … Wikipedia
Point (typography) — Point, in typography, may also refer to a dot grapheme (e.g.: full stop; Interpunct) as in the expression, decimal point. For non typographical uses, see Point (disambiguation). Contents 1 French printer’s points … Wikipedia
History of Western typography — Contemporary typographers view typography as craft with a very long history tracing its origins back to the first punches and dies used to make seals and currency in ancient times. The basic elements of typography are at least as old as… … Wikipedia
Column (typography) — An example of a two column layout with caption. In typography, a column is one or more vertical blocks of content positioned on a page, separated by gutters and/or rules. Columns are most commonly used to break up large bodies of text that cannot … Wikipedia
Em (typography) — An em is a unit of measurement in the field of typography, equal to the point size of the current font. This unit is not defined in terms of any specific typeface, and thus is the same for all fonts at a given point size. [cite book |title= The… … Wikipedia
Hot metal typesetting — Part of a series on the History of printing Woodblock p … Wikipedia
printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… … Universalium
Typeface — Font family redirects here. For the CSS property, see Font family (HTML). For the Marvel Comics antihero, see Typeface (comics). For the documentary film, see Typeface (film). A Specimen, a broadsheet with examples of typefaces and fonts… … Wikipedia
Movable type — For the weblog software, see Movable Type. Part of a series on the History of printing … Wikipedia
