Typography Anatomy and Terminology

In this course, I will be teaching you all the different parts of letters and characters so you can identify them.  You will learn the importance of type anatomy and what terms to use with different parts of copy. I will also cover the differences between serif and sans serif type faces, the differences between readability and legibility, and about the many different type classifications

I have listed below some of what I will be covering.

Terminology

• Tracking
• Leading
• Kerning
• Hyphenation
• X-Height
• Baseline
• Old style
• Modern
• Transitional
• Stress
• Em Quad
• Baseline Grid
• Point vs Pica vs Inch

Anatomy

• Stem
• Bowl
• Crossbar
• Counter
• Ascender
• Descender
• Arm
• Ear
• Finial
• Stroke
• Loop
• Serif
• Spine
• Spur
• Tail
• Terminal
• Ascender Height
• X-Height

Open Type

• Ligature
• Contextual Alternatives
• Discretionery Ligatures
• Swash
• Stylistic Alternatives
• Tilting Alternatives
• Ordinals
• Fractions

• Course Introduction
• Type Classifications
• Typeface, Type Stlye, or Font
• Type Anatomy
• Type Sizing and Measurements
• Tracking, Kerning and Leading