ANATOMY OF TYPE

1. Ascender line: A imaginary line between base line and the top of the ascender

2. Cap line: It place between the base line and the top for a capital letter such as H or M

3. Mean line: It’s an imaginary line on the top of lowercase letters

4. Ascender: It’s an upward part of a letterform such as d or b above the x-height and
above the cap line

5. Baseline: It’s an imaginary line upon which a line of text rests such as g or j, which
most letters sit and below descender extend

6. Descender: It’s opposite with ascender. It’s a downward portion of letter that extends
below the baseline of a font

7. Stress: It’s the thickening of curved strokes. It’s usually either diagonal or vertical.

8. Stem: The main, vertical strokes of a letterform such as K

9. Arm and leg: Arm, a secondary stroke that extends diagonally or horizontally from
the top and the does not connect to another stroke. Leg are the lower angled strokes
for example K or R

10. Ear: It’s a decorative flourish usually on the upper right side of the bowl such g

11. Crossbar and cross stroke: A crossbar are a bar the crosses between two other strokes
such as A.

12. Loop: It’s the enclosed or partially enclosed counter below the baseline that is
connected to the bowl by a link.

13. Link: It’s usually curved stroke that connects the bowl and the loop such as g

14. Tail: It’s the descending decorative stroke on the letter Q or descending

15. Spine: The main curved strokes of a lowercase or capital S

16. Eye: It’s an enclosed space in lowercase e, it’s also much like a counter

17. Shoulder: It’s the rounded part of a letter such as m, n or r.

18. Swash: A typographical flourish on a glyph like exaggerated serif.

19. Flags: The horizontal stroke on the numeral 5

JABATAN REKABENTUK DAN KOMUNIKASI VISUAL
POLITEKNIK MUADZAM SHAH
SESSION 2: 2021/2022

DVG20033 TYPOGRAPHY

NAME
FARIDAH ZETTY BINTI MANSYUR

NO MATRIC
19DRG21F1006

PROGRAMME

DIPLOMA REKABENTUK GRAFIK

CLASS
DRG2A1

LECTURER NAME
PUAN HAIZATUL AKMA HAZALI

ASSESSMENT TITLE
STUDIO WORK 2

SUBMISSION DATE
31 MAY 2022