bar- horizontal or diagonal lines in a letter that are open on at least one side
Upper-case character- Capital letter
baseline- Where the type begins on a line
lower-case character- lower-case letter
terminal- the rounded ending of a letter on the bottom side of a letter
counter-the interior space in a circle
bowl- circular line that creates an internal space
serif- a projection off of a letter only in certain typefaces
ear- the rounded ending of a letter on the top half of a letter
stem- the main body of a letter
ascender- part of a letter that goes above the meanline
descender- part of a letter that goes below the base line
descender line- guideline showing the height of a descending letter
ascender line- guideline showing the height of an ascending letter
x height- distance between the baseline and the meanline
apex- a point or climax in a letter, the topmost peak
crossbar- horizontal stroke across a letter
ligature- when two or more letter are joined together as one
diacritical mark-a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
spine-The main curved stroke of a lowercase or capital S
superscript- when the letter, number, or symbol is written above the line
subscript-when the letter, number, or symbol is written below the line
proportional oldstyle numerals-Style of Arabic Numerals where the characters appear at different positions and heights as opposed to the modern style of all numerals at the same size and position
