Glossary of Typography Terms
TypeType Font Dictionary is a guide containing the definitions of typographic terminology from our articles and other font-related content. Diving a little deeper into the language of typography will give you a better understanding of specialized information sources and make you feel more comfortable with fonts.
Remember, there is no standardized type terminology in the font market. The definitions you will see here are the result of the collective expertise of TypeType specialists over many years, and we believe them to be the most accurate.
- Calligraphy
- Character density
- Character proportions
- Character set
- Connecting stroke
- Contrast
- Contrast sans
- Counter
- Counterform
- Cross(bar)
- Denominators
- Descender
- Descending element
- Diacritical marks
- Display fonts
- Double-storey form
- Downstroke
- Drop
- Dynamic fonts
- Sans Serif
- Serif
- Shoulder
- Single-storey form
- Slab, slab serif
- Small caps
- Spacing
- Spine
- Spur
- Spurless junction
- Static fonts
- Stem
- Stress
- Stroke ending
- Style
- Stylistic alternates
- Subfamily
- Superiors