Anatomy of a Letter
As promised here it is finally some hints of the theory presented during the workshop. To start the Anatomy of a Letter: explaining vertical dimensions, overshoot and body parts.
Construction and typeface classification based on contrast will come next.
It was quite complicated to get all the names for Portuguese, I had some sources but not always agreed with the words used. Sometimes I picked up the word that was most used, other times I just used a word that I think suits better or the English word (I think translation is not always necessary or possible). I would like to have some input on these subject and open some discussion about typographic terms in the Portuguese language, please feel free to participate and post some other possibilities. For example I translate Type Design to ‘Desenho de Tipos de Letra’ and Type Foundry to ‘Fundição Tipográfica’.
Vertical Dimensions
Overshoot
Body Parts 01
Body Parts 02
January 20th, 2008 at 10:22 am
What would you call the ‘arm’ of a capital G? (you know – the tongue bit) James
February 12th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
James,
we think that the horizontal bar doesn’t actually have a proper name. Identifont calls it ’ “G”-bar’. “The complete Typographer” by C. Perfect calls it just a serif. We call it a cross-bar, but no idea if that’s commonly accepted.